mountain of debt
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmountainanddebt
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mountain
noun[C]
uk/ˈmaʊn.tɪn/us/ˈmaʊn.tən/
a raised part of the earth's surface, much larger than a hill, the top of which might be covered ...
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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 ofmountainanddebtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, such donations are insignificant compared with themountainofdebt.
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An industry that is submerged under amountainofdebtwill not be an attractive proposition for prospective purchasers.
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It is unreasonable not to treat themountainofdebtthat they inherited from the past on a different basis.
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We built amountainofdebtwhich individuals and companies alike are still paying off now.
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Some £100 billion of oil money has been dissipated, swept away in a sea of imports and crushed under themountainofdebt.
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Here we have a critical situation, that these countries are having to service an increased mountainofdebtwith commodities that have collapsed in price.
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Otherwise, those countries simply cannot earn the exports and the revenues from exports which they need to service the ever-growingmountainofdebt.
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Amountainofdebtis exactly what he is creating today.
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Despite all the difficulties and amountainofdebt, the new government is working to ensure that the ambitious goal of achieving a zero deficit remains in place.
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At 42, he had lost his entire fortune, had to sell his villa and sat on amountainofdebt.
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Too many people find themselves crushed under mountains of debt from which they find it almost impossible to break free.
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Initial small investments are easier to cope with than to pile up large mountains of debt.
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That economic growth cannot be built on the illusory prosperity of mountains of debt.
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