Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beggar-thy-neighbor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: beg-gar-thy-neigh-bor
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

An economic policy that favors domestic interests at greater total cost to the economies of trading partners.

Example Sentences

"The traditional beggar-thy-neighbor view of older Keynesian models saw unilateral tariffs as having an expansionary effect on the domestic economy, due to their expenditure-switching effect, moving domestic demand away from foreign goods and towards domestic goods."

Etymology

From beggar-my-neighbor (“a card game”).

Synonyms

protectionist mercantilist

Questions

What does beggar-thy-neighbor mean?: An economic policy that favors domestic interests at greater total cost to the economies of trading partners.
Where does beggar-thy-neighbor come from?: From beggar-my-neighbor (“a card game”).

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