amount of debt
collocation in Englishmeaningsofamountanddebt
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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debt
noun[C or U]
uk/det/us/det/
something, especially money, that is owed to someone else, or the state of ...
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(Definition ofamountanddebtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Nevertheless, many states did impose a limit on capital stock, and also on theamountofdebtthat a corporation could accumulate.
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Scheme f is a conditional debt repayment in period two, where a givenamountofdebtis repaid per unit of resources extracted.
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Thatamountofdebtmeans something like £400,000,000 per year for interest and sinking fund, even if you put by only a very small sinking fund.
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It is true that there is satisfactory reduction in theamountofdebtoutstanding and, therefore, in the amount of interest payments.
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There will then remain anamountofdebtthat we expect to be funded in other ways.
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Small farmers have amassed a vastamountofdebt—approximately £500 million with the banks at the moment, which is all against their land values.
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I was also interested to hear of the very smallamountofdebtwhich is accounted for by retail credit accounts.
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Any arrears agreement negotiated is based on theamountofdebtand the absent parent's ability to pay.
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Were it successful, it would massively increase theamountofdebthanging around the necks of students, which would be a serious mistake.
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No information is available centrally regarding theamountofdebtoutstanding.
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The table shows theamountofdebtwritten off for each industry privatised since 1980.
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At that time a largeamountofdebtwas maturing, and that debt had to be paid off.
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The totalamountofdebtrelief on offer, therefore, is about $100 billion.
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If such a bid were to succeed, it seems clear that the new company would have to service a largeamountofdebt.
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Now there is an indeterminateamountofdebtof doubtful quality.
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The student income survey showed that theamountofdebthas not changed significantly.
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That sum was subsequently used to reduce the tax debt, but, sadly, a considerableamountofdebtremains outstanding.
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Money was made available, however, on a significant scale and a significantamountofdebtwas accumulated.
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We have also repaid a largeamountofdebt.
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I also worry about theamountofdebtwith which youngsters in their early twenties will be encumbered.
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