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Meanings of public purse in English

Russian
государственные расходы

Government consumption, investment, and transfer payments.

государственные расходы
Usage of public purse in English
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Unfortunately, there wasn't enough dough in the public purse to buy it.
The Irish Times
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We could well live without his Carpathian cronies draining the public purse.
Anno Dracula
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Anyway, it's more than we can afford out of the public purse.
The Irish Times
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South Africa would then have to open the public purse to finance it.
The South African
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The public purse would also compensate nuclear investors if the project was scrapped.
The Guardian
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That agreement was secured with money from public purse through the Leader's Fund.
Radio NZ
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But should our intervention fail, the public purse will be liable for billions.
The South African
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The legislature has almost unlimited power through its control of the public purse.
The Constitution of the United States / A Brief Study of the Gen...
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After all, these presenters are also paid from the public purse.
The Irish Times
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Only persons actually in need were supported from the public purse.
Man of Many Minds
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Nobody introduces privatisation to put more money into the public purse!
The Guardian
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Those who have charge of the public purse are appointees of the president.
Studies in Civics
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How can you prove that you are efficient stewards of the public purse?
How to get a job in a museum or art gallery
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The king would contribute nothing from the public purse or from his own.
The Founder of New France : A Chronicle of Champlain
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As the money came out of the public purse, why worry?
Theodore Roosevelt: An Intimate Biography
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Political pressure on the public purse means having to go with the cheapest offer.
The Guardian
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South Africa
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New Zealand
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Ireland
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