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social spending

social spending noun: government funding for the benefit of citizens, such as money spent on health care, social welfare, and education.

Noun

social spending (uncountable)

  1. Government funding for the benefit of citizens, such as money spent on health care, social welfare, and education.

Questions about social spending

What does social spending mean?
Social spending means government funding for the benefit of citizens, such as money spent on health care, social welfare, and education.
What part of speech is social spending?
Social spending is a noun.

Words near social spending in the dictionary

  1. social skills
  2. social smoker
  3. social smokers
  4. social spam
  5. social spams
  6. social spending
  7. social standing
  8. social station
  9. social stations
  10. social status
  11. social statuses

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