"public purse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pʌblɪk ˈpɜːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pʌblɪk ˈpɜɹs/ [General-American] Forms: public purses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s Etymology: From public (adjective) + purse (“(figurative) quantity of money given for a particular purpose”, noun). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pleh₁-}}, {{compound|en|public|purse|notext=1|pos1=adjective|pos2=noun|t2=(figurative) quantity of money given for a particular purpose|type=endocentric}} public (adjective) + purse (“(figurative) quantity of money given for a particular purpose”, noun) Head templates: {{en-noun}} public purse (plural public purses)
  1. (economics, government, idiomatic) A quantity of money collected by a government through taxation and other methods, and used for public purposes; public funds, public money. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Economics, Government, Money Related terms: disbursement, hold the purse strings, power of the purse, public debt, public interest, exchequer, treasury Translations (quantity of money collected by a government and used for public purposes): 公款 (gōngkuǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 國庫 (Chinese Mandarin), 国库 (guókù) (Chinese Mandarin), yhteiset varat [plural] (Finnish), deniers publics [masculine, plural] (French), Staatskasse [feminine] (German), öffentliche Hand [feminine] (German), kasa państwowa [feminine] (Polish), skarb państwa [masculine] (Polish), erario público [masculine] (Spanish)

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