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foreign debt

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

Syllables
for-eign debt
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A debt that a country, an organization in a country, or a resident individual in a country owes to those in other countries.

Countable

noun

An aggregate amount of such debts.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

foreign debts (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

debt foreign domestic debt

Synonyms

external debt

Questions

What does foreign debt mean?
A debt that a country, an organization in a country, or a resident individual in a country owes to those in other countries.

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