English Dictionary

prime the pump

動詞

(economics) To engage in deficit spending . / To give something in order to create the conditions where others will give in return. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prime, the, pump.

日本語の意味

（経済学において）赤字財政を実施する、または経済活動を刺激するために資金や支援を先行的に投入すること / （その他の場合）他者が反応するような状況を作るために、最初に何かを与える行為

The government decided to prime the pump by increasing public works spending to jumpstart the economy.

政府は景気を回復させるために公共事業支出を増やして赤字支出を行うことに決めた。

意味（1）

(economics) To engage in deficit spending .

[…] by supplying, through the Federal Treasury, a sufficient flow of finance and currency that will prime the pump and keep it going until it can start its flow from the well or fountain of national resources.

意味（2）

To give something in order to create the conditions where others will give in return.

For example, if you give money to a charity, as a tax reduction or to prime the pump for more money to flow to you, than the actual intent is not making someone else happy, but yourself.

意味（3）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prime, the, pump.

primes the pump （ present singular third-person ）

priming the pump （ participle present ）

primed the pump （ participle past ）

primed the pump （ past ）