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deficit financing definition - finance
Financing undertaken by a corporation or government to make up for a shortfall in revenue. Typically, the term is associated with government spending. Governments may undertake deficit financing in order to provide an economic stimulus.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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