Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

odious debt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables: odi-ous debt
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The national debt incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the best interests of the nation, and thus considered to be a personal debt of the regime and not a debt of the state.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

odious debts (plural)

Questions

What does odious debt mean?: The national debt incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the best interests of the nation, and thus considered to be a personal debt of the regime and not a debt of the state.

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