The Hindu Editorial Vocab

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equity (noun) – value, net worth; owned capital.

debt (noun) – liability, financial obligation, borrowed capital.

fiscal responsibility (noun) – the act of creating, optimizing and maintaining a balanced budget.

timely (adverb) – opportune, well timed, at the right time.

born-again (adjective) – relating to returning to a newly proposed idea/belief with dedication.

conviction (noun) – belief, opinion, view.

largesse (noun) – generosity, liberality, bountifulness.

unsustainable (adjective) – undefendable, insupportable, unjustified.

perverse (adjective) – awkward, contrary; illogical, irrational.

entail (verb) – cause/produce, generate, prompt.

crowd out (phrasal verb) – oust, overthrow, remove.

inflation (noun) – increase of price level of goods & services & vice versa decrease of currency value.

tailspin (noun) – increasing chaos, disruption, panic.

brink (noun) – verge, edge, crucial/critical point (beyond which something else (good/bad) will happen).

default (noun) – non-payment, failure to pay, non-remittance.

liberalisation (noun) – removal or loosening of restrictions on something, typically an economic or political system.

fiscal deficit (noun) – the difference between total expenditure and total income of the government.

fiscal stimulus (noun) – Government measures, normally involving increased public spending and lower taxation, aimed at giving a positive jolt to economic activity (Courtesy: Financial Times).

fiscal space (noun) – it is the flexibility of a government in its spending choices, and, more generally, to the financial well-being of a government 

forthwith (adverb) – immediately, right away; without delay.

pragmatic (adjective) – empirical, real/realistic, actual/practical.

unanticipated (adjective) – unforeseen, unpredicted, out of the blue.

pare (verb) – reduce, lower, decrease.

cumulative (adjective) – increasing, accumulative; collective, aggregate.

solvency (noun) – ability to pay one’s debts.

put paid to ( phrasal verb) – stop/destroy, forestall, thwart.

in tandem (phrase) – along side each other.

macroeconomic stability (noun) – it describes a national economy that has minimized vulnerability to external shocks, which in turn increases its prospects for sustained growth.

swiftly (adverb) – quickly, rapidly, fast.

sit in (phrasal verb) – observe, watch, attend.

clamour (noun) – demands, calls; protests.

loan waiver (noun) – it is the waiving of the real or potential liability of the person or party who has taken out a loan through the voluntary action of the person or party who has made the loan