debt obligation

collocation in English

meaningsofdebtandobligation

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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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obligation
noun
uk
/ˌɒb.lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.bləˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the fact that you are obliged to ...
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(Definition ofdebtandobligationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The reason for the practice is that that contingent liability may not be realised as a borrowing ordebtobligation.
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Government bonds are a fixed-termdebtobligation, meaning that they will pay a fixed amount at a specified time in the future.
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The law does not relieve thedebtobligationuntil payment is tendered.
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The hypothec is accessory to thedebtobligation; accordingly, it falls away (by operation of law) as soon as the rent is paid.
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Companies and other corporate entities may give chattel mortgages too over any tangible, movable property as security for adebtobligation.
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A bill ordebtobligationcan be converted.
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Resumption therefore entailed up to a 50% increase indebtobligationif gold and currency equalized.
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The collateralizeddebtobligationin particular enabled financial institutions to obtain investor funds to finance subprime and other lending, extending or increasing the housing bubble and generating large fees.
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Marathon manages a family of investment programs principally focused on credit strategies including hedge funds, managed accounts, single-client funds and collateralized loan, anddebtobligationvehicles.
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Thus, there were clear attempts by the cabinet and the traditional elites in general to mobilize domestic funds to meet debt obligations.
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The combination of reckless lending, deteriorating business conditions, and ballooning foreign debt obligations was devastating.
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According to the decision, a cancellation of debt through settlement proceedings, no matter the amount of pre-settlement indebtedness, releases the taxpayer from thedebtobligationwithout creating taxable income.
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In this regard, the genealogy is similar to real estate restrictions that allowed exceptions to satisfy debt obligations.
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Yet the husband's legal responsibility for the debt obligations of the household meant that wives are rarely named in court records of civil litigation from the same era.
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This variable is one of the measurements of a country's capacity to meet its debt obligations since it measures income in dollars relative to payments in that currency.
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Together these conflicting pieces of research suggest a need to revisit the idea that sovereign debt obligations are absolute, no matter the conditions under which they are assumed.
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Because firms were allowed to contract debts on which they could default, states allowed firms to acquire the stock and bonds of other firms to satisfy debt obligations.
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Like the firms, the government is also forced to ensure still higher levels of production\\exports in a desperate effort to meet its external debt obligations.
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Work could be taken in hand almost immediately, without burdening the municipalities with any more debt obligations in that direction.
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They say we should look rather to immediate taxation, to the burdens upon industry, and think less of our debt obligations.
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