🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

軍事費

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gunjifi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Military spending/ˈmɪl.əˌter.i ˈspɛn.dɪŋ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"今年の軍事費は過去最高を更新しました。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The financial resources allocated by a national government to maintain and develop its armed forces and defense capabilities.

    "Several nations have significantly increased their military spending in response to growing geopolitical tensions."
  2. 2

    The total amount of money spent by a country on defense-related goods, personnel, research, and operations over a specific fiscal period.

    "Global military spending reached an all-time high last year."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'military', originating from the Latin 'militaris' (pertaining to soldiers or war), and 'spending', derived from the Old English 'spendan' (to expend or pay out). As a compound noun phrase, it gained widespread prominence in 20th-century economic and political discourse to describe national budgetary allocations for defense.

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