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national debt

national debt noun: any money owed by the government of a nation.

Noun

national debt (countable and uncountable, plural national debts)

  1. Any money owed by the government of a nation.
    • The only reference to the national debt - the reduction of which was once a top priority for Republicans of all stripes - was a passing mention of the subject during a litany of Barack Obama's economic failings.2017 March 1, Anthony Zurcher, “Trump addresses Congress: A kinder, gentler president”, in BBC News

national debt meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Arabic

national debt in Hindi

money owed by the government of a nation
राजकीय ऋण rājkīya ŕṇ

national debt in Tamil

தேசியக் கடன், நாட்டுக் கடன், தேசியக்கடன்

national debt in Kannada

ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರದ ಸಾಲ, ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರದ ಋಣ, ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಸಾಲ, ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಋಣ

national debt in Arabic

money owed by the government of a nation
دَيْن سِيَادِيّ dayn siyādiyy, دَيْن عَامّ dayn ʕāmm
More languagesFewer languages
national debt in Thai
หนี้สาธารณะ nîi-sǎa-taa-rá-ná
national debt in Vietnamese
nợ quốc gia, nợ chính phủ, nợ công, quốc trái

Synonyms of national debt

Forms of national debt

pluralnational debts

Questions about national debt

What does national debt mean?
National debt means any money owed by the government of a nation.
What is national debt in Hindi?
National debt in Hindi is राजकीय ऋण (rājkīya ŕṇ). See National debt meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is national debt?
National debt is a noun.
What is the plural of national debt?
The plural of national debt is national debts.

Words near national debt in the dictionary

  1. national court
  2. national courts
  3. national day
  4. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
  5. national days
  6. national debt
  7. national debts
  8. National Diet
  9. national dress
  10. national emblem
  11. national emblems

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Adapted from Wiktionary: national debt (page history and authors); national debt (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); national debt (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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