pump priming Definition
☆ pump priming
noun
large expenditures by a government, designed to stimulate expenditures by private industry
pump priming Usage Examples
Converse of object
require: New technologies will require initial pump priming from government, and close co-operation between industry and academia to initiate research programs.
Adjective modifier
initial: Even large companies are often strapped for money and are unlikely to invest in HPC without initial pump priming.
Modifies a noun
- funding: The Committee was strongly supportive of any pump priming funding being used for this activity rather than in the area of CPD.
- grant: The company is working with communities in several villages affected, helping develop proposals for income generating projects and administering small pump priming grants.
- project: This is a pump priming project funded by York, which is allowing us to buy lots of very cool robots.
- money: If you're going for pump priming money, it will be important to show where follow-on funding can be expected to come from.
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