Meaning

3 senses

  1. (US)A ready supply of income; one's livelihood.

  2. (US, attributive, often)State funds as assigned for local or regional expenditure; especially, central money used for regional projects which are eyecatching or designed to appeal to voters.

    Kirchturmpolitik

    казённый пирогkazjónnyj pirog

  3. (archaic)A barrel used to store pork.

More definitions
  • a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The GOP accused the Democrats of pork barrel politics.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
funds assigned for local expenditure:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
funds assigned for local expenditure:

Forms

plural: pork barrels

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents:pork

Word family

1 related words
Derivedpork-barrelling

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
poreporkB1pornpornopornographic
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