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The government has to increase its to meet the expenditure.

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What does a government raise to pay for spending, and which word means expenditure that is rising fast?
Updated On: Jul 21, 2026
  • budget ... decreasing
  • base ... emerging
  • credibility ... soaring
  • revenue ... galloping
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The Correct Option is D

Solution and Explanation

A government pays for spending out of the money it collects, which is its revenue, so that is what it must raise. The expenditure it is chasing must be rising fast, and "galloping" captures that rapid rise.

  • revenue ... galloping is correct because a government meets expenditure by increasing revenue, and galloping expenditure is expenditure that is climbing quickly.
  • budget ... decreasing is wrong because you would not increase spending to meet "decreasing" expenditure.
  • base ... emerging is wrong because "emerging expenditure" is not idiomatic and "base" does not fit what a government raises.
  • credibility ... soaring is wrong because credibility is not something a government increases to pay bills.

The correct word-pair is revenue and galloping.

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