public funds

Noun

Meaning

public funds pl (plural only)

(finance) Money lent to government for which interest is paid of a stated amount at a stated time.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

treasury fisc exchequer

Examples

Should some senator or congressman have a sudden attack of conscience and blurt something out, "dark money” brings them to their senses and reminds them that their job is to facilitate the transfer of public funds into the pockets of the few and to not ask too many questions. Charles Simic

I am not wrong in the belief that its public funds are more secure than those of all the European powers. Albert Gallatin

I have never allocated public funds using the PDAF or budgetary incentives to any fictitious NGOs created by Janet Napoles or anyone to steal people's money. Francis Escudero

I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education. Jonathan Kozol

If we allow public funds to be used to support our relatively benign, morally grounded schools, we will have to allow those public funds to be used for any type of private school. Jonathan Kozol

We don't know what proportion of public funds is regularly lost to collusion and corruption. Is it 25 per cent? 30 per cent? We do know that a portion of these public funds are feeding organized crime. Pauline Marois

Close letter words and terms

public force public Friend public function public gain Public Garden public gardens