Usually means: Stimulating economy through government spending.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word pump priming:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. pump priming: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pump priming: Merriam-Webster
  3. pump-priming: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pump-priming: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pump priming: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pump priming: Vocabulary.com
  7. pump-priming: Wordnik
  8. pump priming: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pump priming: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. pump priming: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. pump-priming, pump priming: Dictionary.com
  12. pump priming: Rhymezone
  13. pump priming: FreeDictionary.org
  14. pump priming: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. pump-priming, pump priming: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Pump Priming: Investopedia
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pump-priming: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See pump_primings as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (pump priming)

noun:  introducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start the water flowing
noun:  spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy


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