considerable debt
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsiderableanddebt
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considerable
adjective
uk/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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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 ofconsiderableanddebtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, this definition of the public debt does not include theconsiderabledebtof other public entities.
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This, however, does not make it less necessary to acknowledge myconsiderabledebtto the vast amount of scholarship that has been invested in the study of the field.
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Take someone who is inconsiderabledebtand has no assets.
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We owe them aconsiderabledebtof gratitude.
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In many cases they had got intoconsiderabledebttrying to get here.
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Does not this represent a ratherconsiderabledebtburden, which is unproductive and unused?
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Many authors and many publishers owe aconsiderabledebtto the present system.
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He has been an extraordinarily doughty fighter in the warm homes group, which owes him aconsiderabledebtof gratitude.
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I believe that we owe him aconsiderabledebtof gratitude.
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In conclusion, we owe aconsiderabledebtto our people.
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While one is waiting to go to court, the gas meter is clocking up and a veryconsiderabledebtcan begin to accumulate.
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We all owe aconsiderabledebtto individual firefighters for their courageous service to the community.
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The disciples of art owe aconsiderabledebtof gratitude to him.
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We owe her aconsiderabledebtof gratitude.
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All world economies are faced withconsiderabledebt.
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He is now inconsiderabledebt, desperately worried, and does not know what to do.
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Indeed, the last thing that we want to do weigh down a new scheme with suchconsiderabledebt.
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The health service had already become heavily dependent upon doctors and dentists from other countries, to whom we owe aconsiderabledebt.
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Therefore, it carries with it aconsiderabledebtburden.
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