PORK BARREL


Meaning of PORK BARREL in English

— pork-barrel , adj. — pork-barreling , adj. , n.

Informal.

a government appropriation, bill, or policy that supplies funds for local improvements designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents.

[ 1905-10, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .