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odious debts

odious debts is the plural of odious debt.

Meaning of odious debt

Noun

odious debt (countable and uncountable, plural odious debts)

  1. (international law) 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.

Questions about odious debts

What is odious debts the plural of?
Odious debts is the plural of odious debt.

Words near odious debts in the dictionary

  1. Odintsovo
  2. Odiongan
  3. odious
  4. odious as a toad
  5. odious debt
  6. odious debts
  7. odiously
  8. odiousness
  9. odiousnesses
  10. ODIs
  11. Odisha

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