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guns and butter

a symbol for the economic policy of a government insofar as spending is allocated for either military or social purposes

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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