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expansionary

expansionary

3 7.0
Helping an economy or business to grow
  • adjective
  • /ɪkˈspænʃəˌnɛri/
translation icon : expansivo
  • Since then, Congress has enacted several modest amendments to the jurisdictional statutes, almost entirely in an expansionary direction.
  • expansionary policy
  • expansionary fiscal
  • expansionary monetary

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Examples

  • Another major factor that could be responsible for higher growth is the expansionary fiscal policy of the government.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Second, tax cuts are more expansionary than spending increases in the case of a fiscal stimulus.

    Blog text (13)

  • The monetary authorities could again use expansionary policy to move us now from point A to point B.

    Academic text (1990)

  • But with U.S. monetary and fiscal policies still highly expansionary, the underlying problem remained.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The Fed was right to adopt new expansionary monetary measures in the face of a weak US recovery.

    Blog text (10)

  • Accordingly, the Federal Reserve adopted expansionary policy actions to counter the restrictive fiscal actions.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The negative growth effects have been paired with far-reaching redistribution effects of the very expansionary monetary policies.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The new parliament then endorsed the regime's highly expansionary budgets, which increased support for a range of social and sectarian groups.

    Academic text (1995)

  • As the won and the financial markets recovered, the IMF modified its prescription to allow for more expansionary monetary and fiscal policies.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The government implemented an expansionary fiscal policy to stimulate economic growth.

Synonyms

expansive
vsexpansionary
7 5.8

Able to get larger and take up more space

causes or encourages growth rather than only having the capacity to grow

How Expansionary

expansionary
3 7.0
neutral
218 3.6
restrictive
52 4.7
contractionary
  • Specialized
2 8.2

Surface Forms

expansionary positive

Morphology

expansionary = expansion (transparent) = expansion + ary

Formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-ary' to the noun 'expansion', so the meaning relates directly to causing or relating to expansion.

Etymology

Expansionary comes from expand, which means 'to make bigger'. The parts ex- 'out' and pand 'to spread' give the picture of 'spreading out', so expansionary is used for actions or policies that try to make something grow or increase.