increase borrowing

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandborrowing

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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borrowing
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈbɒr.əʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈbɑːr.oʊ.ɪŋ/
the fact of borrowing money, especially from a bank, or the amount that ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandborrowingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But increasing local tax rates had to be prescribed by national laws, so local authorities had no choice but toincreaseborrowingto meet their obligations.
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Prudent authorities should not be benefiting profligate authorities that mightincreaseborrowing.
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They will either have to cut spending in other areas of public expenditure, raise taxes orincreaseborrowing.
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Will he tell us whether he would increase taxes,increaseborrowing, or increase both?
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Will you, the shareholders, agree toincreaseborrowingpowers so that we can do this?
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Or theyincreaseborrowing, which will mean unbalanced budgets.
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However, toincreaseborrowingat present cannot be contemplated.
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It would reverse the tax cut that we have introduced andincreaseborrowingsubstantially.
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They wouldincreaseborrowing, which would drive up farm interest rates, and they would rate agricultural land.
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The effect of cutting taxes without cutting spending is toincreaseborrowing.
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If the economy underperforms, the choices are: cut spending, increase taxation, orincreaseborrowing.
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They would have to raise taxes andincreaseborrowing.
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During the general election he made the very same point about the need toincreaseborrowing.
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That willincreaseborrowingby the back door.
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The alternative to increased taxation would be toincreaseborrowing, which leads to additional inflation or to cuts.
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If one believed that the state should spend more money on worthy causes, one must also believe that it should increase taxes orincreaseborrowing.
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Does he accept that today's announcement on interest rates willincreaseborrowingcosts for farmers and lead to further reductions in farm incomes?
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That is why it is essential toincreaseborrowingpowers.
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Yet to put up taxes, toincreaseborrowingor to cut existing government spending—desirable though that may be in general circumstances—would produce precisely that result.
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It would be wrong toincreaseborrowingsubstantially or to increase it from a starting point, such as we had a few years ago, of a very large deficit.
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