mounting debt

collocation in English

meaningsofmountinganddebt

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mounting
adjective
uk
/ˈmaʊn.tɪŋ/us
/ˈmaʊn.t̬ɪŋ/
gradually ...
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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 ofmountinganddebtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Moreover, much of themountingdebtincurred 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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The figures show that themountingdebttotal was perfectly manageable until 1979.
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Many have encountered the painful consequences of contracting markets, low commodity export prices, high oil import prices, record interest rates andmountingdebtrepayments.
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Their export markets have contracted and some are facingmountingdebtproblems.
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When he was faced with amountingdebtand a mounting burden of interest, he chose to cut taxes and to leave public spending and borrowing increasing inexorably.
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There is the problem ofmountingdebt.
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There are no alternatives to what we propose which would not mean the poll tax remaining for a substantial period, with impossible problems of tax collection andmountingdebt.
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It argues that these factors will lead tomountingdebtburdens, the growth of protectionism and major tensions between countries as they compete for energy, food and raw materials.
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The school was faced with amountingdebt, buildings in poor condition and very little property surrounding the school.
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To raise funds, it began to sell off some of its assets in an attempt to pay off itsmountingdebt, including salary that was owed to its employees.
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The magazine was closed due tomountingdebtin 2004.
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His pastoral plan to develop new parishes had to be curtailed due tomountingdebtand a general economic downturn.
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The company has suffered from an oversupply in the paper industry andmountingdebt.
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This expansion, both personal and business, led tomountingdebt.
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In the preceding year, the college had cut its veterinary science program in the face ofmountingdebt, leading the newspapers to call the move a weakening of instruction.
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She said that her husband's call-up had forced her to sell their home because she could not keep up the mortgage instalments and meet her mounting debts.
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Its future is uncertain though, due to its mounting debts connected to the poor financial condition of its constituents.
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Lacking municipal support and facing mounting debts, the club folded in 2005.
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This illustrious name did not, however, save him from his mounting debts and his estates were seized and his collections sold.
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