Collocations withdebt

These are words often used in combination withdebt.

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accumulated debt
Consequently, accumulated debt holdings could become so large that their future stream of endowments would not be sufficiently large to repay this debt.
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additional debt
Most covenants restrict the firm's ability to dispose of assets, pay dividends, and issue additional debt.
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amount of debt
Nevertheless, many states did impose a limit on capital stock, and also on the amount of debt that a corporation could accumulate.
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considerable debt
However, this definition of the public debt does not include the considerable debt of other public entities.
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credit card debt
Since it includes mortgage as well as credit card debt, it can be a substantial amount compared with annual income.
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debt ceiling
How many electricity boards were still imposing a fixed debt ceiling at the time when the agreement was reached?
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debt crisis
It focused on an agricultural bank that would solve the village debt crisis and, by implication, transfers of land to foreigners.
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debt financing
Secondly, in the long run, resorting to debt financing seems to be a dead end to finance retirement systems.
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debt limit
The ' eliminated ' debt therefore creates room under the debt limit for open market borrowing to meet the government's cash needs.
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debt obligation
The reason for the practice is that that contingent liability may not be realised as a borrowing or debt obligation.
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debt of gratitude
I owe a debt of gratitude to my many language consultants over the years for their help in understanding tone and reduplication in their languages.
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debt sustainability
The second issue we discussed was debt and debt sustainability.
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debt write-off
The new owners were given a debt write-off worth £5 billion and a green dowry worth £1.5 billion.
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enormous debt
In combating this threat, we owe an enormous debt to the vigilance of the police and the security forces.
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excessive debt
The euro is not an answer to the structural problems of individual economies, or to excessive debt or a lack of financial discipline.
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existing debt
Decisions on redemptions of existing debt were to have been taken before the end of 1997.
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federal debt
The federal debt increased 3 1 times or 4 from 7% of initial private net worth to about 30%.
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gambling debt
How about the £2 million gambling debt?
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heavy debt
He falls under heavy debt to many creditors.
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huge debt
I am not trying to make a party point, but the country owes a huge debt to the regulators.
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massive debt
Given the massive debt now of most international economies, who arbitrates where cancellation is appropriate?
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mountain of debt
However, such donations are insignificant compared with the mountain of debt.
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mounting debt
Moreover, much of the mounting debt incurred for the local government provision had been taken up under the impression of constantly rising revenue from a growing local tax base.
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municipal debt
This is the burden of the 1960s—the national debt, the municipal debt, the industrial debt and the individual debt.
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net debt
In this case, we will first analyze what is the effect of adopting a fiscal rule of budget balance (zero net debt).
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outstanding debt
The elders accepted his bid for the stool primarily because he promised to take personal responsibility for the stool's outstanding debt.
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overdue debt
I am not convinced that a statutory right to interest on overdue debts would in practice improve small firms' ability to secure payment on time.
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rising debt
For many of them that means acute hardship and rising debt.
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subordinated debt
A consortium of commercial banks is providing both senior and subordinated debt, at a current level of about £140 million.
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substantial debt
This benchmark will grant the country access to substantial debt relief in future years.
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total debt
From (20), the effect on resource extraction per unit of total debt forgiven by the donor is greater now than with debt forgiveness in period one.
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tremendous debt
We know the tremendous debt that vessel owners have to pay—especially those who have built vessels in recent times.
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unpayable debt
Unpayable debt relief, however important, is hardly a step forward in aid or investment.
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