foreign debt
A debt that a country, an organization in a country, or a resident individual in a…A debt that a country, an organization in a country, or a resident individual in a country owes to those in other countries.
» The government was forced to default on its foreign debt.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, usually)A debt that a country, an organization in a country, or a resident individual in a country owes to those in other countries.
Auslandsschuld, Auslandsverschuldung
вне́шний долгvnéšnij dolg, вне́шняя задо́лженностьvnéšnjaja zadólžennostʹ, вне́шний долгvnéšnij dolg
(uncountable, usually)An aggregate amount of such debts.
Examples
6 sentencesThe government was forced to default on its foreign debt.
Algeria doesn't have much foreign debt.
Algeria paid off its foreign debt more than a decade ago.
Morocco's foreign debt is ballooning.
Algeria repaid its foreign debts.
Translations
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Forms
plural: foreign debts| Singular | foreign debt |
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Synonyms
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2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable