excessive debt

collocation in English

meaningsofexcessiveanddebt

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excessive
adjective
uk
/ekˈses.ɪv/us
/ekˈses.ɪv/
too ...
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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 ofexcessiveanddebtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexcessive debt

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The euro is not an answer to the structural problems of individual economies, or toexcessivedebtor a lack of financial discipline.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
These economies are still emerging from a long period of internal conflict, andexcessivedebt.
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Paragraph 2 of that article makes clear howexcessivedebtshall be treated.
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The stability of financial markets requires appropriate transparency, and that specific measures must be taken in order to preventexcessivedebt.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Budgetary rigour is the guarantee that today's generation will not bequeathexcessivedebtto future generations.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This has meant that many homes have seen their incomes fall, and many are exposed to poverty andexcessivedebt.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Moreover, it is also proposed to establish a robust and credibleexcessivedebtprevention and resolution mechanism for the euro area.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Consumers are not sufficiently familiar with the risks of bankruptcy andexcessivedebt.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
When her husband died, he had 19 credit cards andexcessivedebtof more than £65.000.
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This has led toexcessivedebt,excessivedebtservicing and loss of confidence.
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However, at the time of his death in 1962, the business was in a period of consolidation, brought on by over expansion andexcessivedebt.
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He quickly rose to prominence and gained a reputation for salvaging companies that were undermined byexcessivedebt.
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The restaurant was unsuccessful and had to close due toexcessivedebt.
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He emphasized the complexity and fragility of the current system due toexcessivedebtlevels and stated that the system is in the process of crashing.
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Cramer blamed excessively optimistic pricing,excessivedebtand the fear that company insiders would sell, dropping the stock value.
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It seems as if they are imposing restrictions on themselves because they do not want to run up excessive debts.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Occasionally excessive debts are run up through outright embezzlement of the company's assets or fraud by the people who run the business.
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