deficit spending deficit • defier · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · deficit spending · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 16 · · Length 5 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy. Synonyms: deficit spending, compensatory spending, pump priming. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · compensatory spending · · Synonym 1 pump priming · · Synonym 2 Characters · · space U+0020 c latin small letter c U+0063 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 g latin small letter g U+0067 i latin small letter i U+0069 n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074