Search Result for "pump priming":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy;
[syn: deficit spending, compensatory spending, pump priming]

2. introducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start the water flowing; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pump priming
    n 1: spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to
         stimulate their economy [syn: deficit spending,
         compensatory spending, pump priming]
    2: introducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start
       the water flowing