large debt burden

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• debt burden — debt burdens N COUNT A debt burden is a large amount of money that one country or organization owes to another and which they find very difficult to repay. ...the massive debt burden of the Third World …   English dictionary

• debt burden — noun The debt of a country, when large enough that servicing it has become difficult …   Wiktionary

• burden — bur‧den [ˈbɜːdn ǁ ˈbɜːrdn] noun [countable] 1. something that causes people a lot of difficulty or worry: • In less prosperous areas the taxes were, for many, such a burden that they lived in poverty. 2. particular costs such as taxes or interest …   Financial and business terms

• Debt deflation — is a theory of economic cycles, which holds that recessions and depressions are due to the overall level of debt shrinking (deflating): the credit cycle is the cause of the economic cycle. The theory was developed by Irving Fisher following the… …   Wikipedia

• Debt-for-nature swap — Debt for nature swaps are financial transactions in which a portion of a developing nation s foreign debt is forgiven in exchange for local investments in environmental conservation measures. Contents 1 History 2 How Debt for Nature Swaps Work 3… …   Wikipedia

• debt/EBITDA ratio — USA leverage ratio, Also known as the debt/EBITDA ratio. The ratio of debt (borrowings) to EBITDA, often expressed as a percentage or ratio. It is often used as a measure of the risk attached to a company because a highly leveraged company has a… …   Law dictionary

• Debt Overhang — A debt burden that is so large that an entity cannot take on additional debt to finance future projects, even those that are profitable enough to enable it to reduce its indebtedness over time. Debt overhang serves to dissuade current investment …   Investment dictionary

• debt — noun 1 sum of money owed ADJECTIVE ▪ big, crippling, enormous, heavy, high, huge, large, massive, substantial ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• burden — noun 1 responsibility/worry ADJECTIVE ▪ enormous, great, heavy, huge, onerous, significant, substantial, terrible, tremendous ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• burden — See body b.. clinical b. a b. that differs from genetic b. mainly in the added component of morbidity; a trait that is neither a clinical or a genetic lethal may be grossly disabling. genetic b. the genetic …   Medical dictionary

• United States public debt — Part of a series of articles on Unit …   Wikipedia