pork barrel

pork bar·rel

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pawrk, pohrk bar-uh l]
- /pɔrk, poʊrk ˈbær əl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pawrk, pohrk bar-uh l]
- /pɔrk, poʊrk ˈbær əl/

Definitions of pork barrel words

noun pork barrel a government appropriation, bill, or policy that supplies funds for local improvements designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents. 1
singular noun pork barrel If you say that someone is using pork barrel politics, you mean that they are spending a lot of government money on a local project in order to win the votes of the people who live in that area. 0
noun pork barrel a bill or project requiring considerable government spending in a locality to the benefit of the legislator's constituents 0
noun pork barrel (as modifier) 0
noun pork barrel government appropriations for political patronage, as for local improvements to please legislators' constituents 0

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Origin of pork barrel

First appearance:

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1905-10

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Parts of speech for Pork barrel

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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pork barrel popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for pork barrel

noun pork barrel

brokerage — A brokerage or a brokerage firm is a company of brokers.
capitation — a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per head
funds — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.
giveaway — an act or instance of giving something away.
winnings — Plural form of winning.

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