A “primary” budget deficit (or surplus) is the difference between a government’s outlays for everything excluding the interest payments that it must pay on its debt and its receipts from taxes and other charges. In the case of Greece, the interest payments apply to government debt held by Greek individuals and institutions, as well as to government debt held by the IMF, the European Central Bank, and other foreign lenders.
“初级”预算赤字（或盈余）是政府除必须支付的利息以外的所有花费与其得自税收和其他权力的收入之差。对希腊来说，需要支付利息的包括希腊个人和机构持有的政府债务以及IMF、欧洲央行和其他外国债权人持有的政府债务。