debt write-off
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdebtandwrite-off
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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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write-off
noun[C usually singular]
uk/ˈraɪ.tɒf/us/ˈraɪ.t̬ɑːf/
a period of time during which you fail to ...
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(Definition ofdebtandwrite-offfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The new owners were given adebtwrite-offworth £5 billion and a green dowry worth £1.5 billion.
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In exchange, they got a green dowry of £1.5 billion and adebtwrite-offtotalling £5 billion.
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Speed is important, but so is the extent ofdebtwrite-off.
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Debtwrite-off, project aid and technological assistance have to be geared tightly towards movement to a market economy.
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However, there has been a huge increase indebtwrite-off—people should understand that—although it will take some time.
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I am sure that we shall soon hear about proposals fordebtwrite-off.
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First, they are doing it with regard todebtwrite-off.
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We shall talk about the coaldebtwrite-offlater.
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Are we to have a similardebtwrite-off?
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The court of star chamber even decides which countries are considered fordebtwrite-off.
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Which countries should be covered bydebtwrite-offinitiatives?
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Of course, lending ordebtwrite-offshould be and could be carried out against certain conditions.
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They tried to argue that the figures did not includedebtwrite-off.
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This country wrote off more than £1 billion-worth of debt and raised the profile ofdebtwrite-offwith the rest of the industrial world.
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The fourth alternative is a form of capitaldebtwrite-off.
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Unless we address the question of the sale of commodities from the poorest countries in the world, no amount ofdebtwrite-offwill solve the problem.
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Fifth, it is essential that adebtwrite-offdoes not serve to alleviate the governments' concerns, but those of the people.
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I want what the people will demand—a capitaldebtwrite-offas the prerequisite of a real attack on housing problems, and an emergency injection of cash—now—for security purposes.
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There will be the usualdebtwrite-offthat we see before any privatisation to make sure that people are prepared to take on the new company.
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