defence spending
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdefenceandspending
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defence
noun
uk/dɪˈfens/us/dɪˈfens/
the act of protecting someone or something against attack or ...
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spending
noun[U]
uk/ˈspen.dɪŋ/us/ˈspen.dɪŋ/
the money that is used for a particular purpose, especially by a government ...
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(Definition ofdefenceandspendingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Recall that thedefencespendingseries is integrated, however.
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To be absolutely clear, we include changes in domestic spending in the model ofdefencespendingand changes indefencespendingin the domestic model.
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As indicated by the positive, significant coefficient for net support, when public support for moredefencespendingis high, politicians tend to provide moredefencespending.
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Either way, the public's underlying preferred levels ofdefencespendingappear to change in understandable ways.
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They showed thatdefencespendinghas a slightly positive impact on growth.
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We now focus our attention on the effect ofdefencespendingon macroeconomic performance.
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It would be wrong to linkdefencespendingto the average of other countries'defencespending.
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Why not cutdefencespending?
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In turn, reduceddefencespendingfurther constrained the ability of the military to intervene in national politics.
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The coefficient for domestic spending is negative in thedefencespendingmodel, but of trivial size and significance.
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In effect, preferences for social anddefencespendingtend to move in the same liberal-conservative direction.
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Yet, we are all cuttingdefencespending.
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Certainly they would not cutdefencespending.
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For policy reasons,defencespendingis rising.
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Its instinct is to cutdefencespending.
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I was talking aboutdefencespending.
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My third point is aboutdefencespending.
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That is the link withdefencespending.
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I want to refer todefencespending.
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That will be disastrous fordefencespending.
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It wants to cutdefencespendingfurther.
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Nevertheless, that pledge to increasedefencespendingwas there.
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I would directdefencespendingto our own industrial production.
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