borrowing capacity

collocation in English

meaningsofborrowingandcapacity

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borrowing
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈbɒr.əʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈbɑːr.oʊ.ɪŋ/
the fact of borrowing money, especially from a bank, or the amount that ...
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capacity
noun
uk
/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us
/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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(Definition ofborrowingandcapacityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It still plays an important indirect role, however, because unexpected capital gains and losses on foreign debt affect profits and wealth, which influence domesticborrowingcapacity.
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The expansion of personal credit has been due largely to the escalation in house prices and the increasedborrowingcapacityassociated with it.
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It is about an additional £50 millionborrowingcapacity.
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Authorities which sought temporary increases in their aggregate credit limits, in order to maintain theirborrowingcapacity, were granted them.
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We have a difficult credibility position in the world, and measures of this nature can only lead to our effectiveborrowingcapacitybeing questioned more.
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If we wish, we have a tremendous leeway ofborrowingcapacity.
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What is to be done about increasing theborrowingcapacityof the developing nations which still provide vital markets for our industries?
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Will he confirm that, in his wonderful world of free, independent and privatised medicine, he wants foundation trusts to have completely unregulatedborrowingcapacity?
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I am told that it has noborrowingcapacity, so the market is more and more slipping away from it.
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Just what kind of property can anybody buy in my part of the country, or most others, with a totalborrowingcapacityof £9,000?
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It is most unjust to ask for personal guarantees in addition to theborrowingcapacityof a manager or of a shareholder or whoever is attempting to handle the concern.
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It will mean that, as the new wealth and the new crops come into being, so will hisborrowingcapacityincrease, which is what is desired.
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However, financing the venture was a problem since the province had a limitedborrowingcapacity.
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Theborrowingcapacityof a member is generally determined according to the number of shares he holds in the bank.
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More volatility would induce a higher default risk, restricting theborrowingcapacityof countries even at low levels of indebtedness.
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Studies show that schools raise prices 97 cents for each one dollar increase inborrowingcapacity.
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As an investor, you should seek companies with sufficient cash orborrowingcapacityto fund growth without diluting the interests of its current owners with follow-on equity offerings. 14.
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The city had about $400 million inborrowingcapacity, and that most of these projects should wait and be dealt with one at a time for funding by their importance.
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