pump-primev.

Brit.

/ˈpʌm(p)prʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈpəm(p)ˌpraɪm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pump n.¹, prime v.²

Etymology: < pump n.¹ + prime v.², after to prime the pump at prime v.² 5a. Compare slightly earlier pump-primed adj., pump-primer n., pump-priming n.

Originally U.S.

transitive. To stimulate (commerce or the economy) by means of investment; to invest in (a project, economic system, etc.) for this purpose. Also intransitive.

ΚΠ

1938 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 27 Apr. 6/6 My country 'tis of thee, Pump-primed into bankruptcy.

1940 H. Hoover Speech 25 June in Addr. upon Amer. Road (1941) iv. 209 Directly or indirectly they politically controlled credit, prices, and production of industry, farmer and labor. They devalued, pumpprimed, and inflated.

1966 Western Polit. Q. 19 68 We are spending millions of dollars in Latin America to pump-prime the economy, yet industrial growth rates decline, and so do living standards.

1987 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 494 161 Government funds..are needed to pump-prime new initiatives.

2001 Far Eastern Econ. Rev. 8 Feb. 54/2 Earlier post-crisis efforts to pump-prime at the Thai village level through the Miyazawa Fund were dampened by bureaucratic and local corruption.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pump-prime
释义	pump-primev. Brit. /ˈpʌm(p)prʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈpəm(p)ˌpraɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pump n.¹, prime v.² Etymology: < pump n.¹ + prime v.², after to prime the pump at prime v.² 5a. Compare slightly earlier pump-primed adj., pump-primer n., pump-priming n. Originally U.S. transitive. To stimulate (commerce or the economy) by means of investment; to invest in (a project, economic system, etc.) for this purpose. Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1938 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 27 Apr. 6/6 My country 'tis of thee, Pump-primed into bankruptcy. 1940 H. Hoover Speech 25 June in Addr. upon Amer. Road (1941) iv. 209 Directly or indirectly they politically controlled credit, prices, and production of industry, farmer and labor. They devalued, pumpprimed, and inflated. 1966 Western Polit. Q. 19 68 We are spending millions of dollars in Latin America to pump-prime the economy, yet industrial growth rates decline, and so do living standards. 1987 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 494 161 Government funds..are needed to pump-prime new initiatives. 2001 Far Eastern Econ. Rev. 8 Feb. 54/2 Earlier post-crisis efforts to pump-prime at the Thai village level through the Miyazawa Fund were dampened by bureaucratic and local corruption. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1938
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