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sovereign debt

sovereign debt noun: the amount of money outstanding that was borrowed by a government in order to finance expenditure not covered by taxation.

Noun

sovereign debt (countable and uncountable, plural sovereign debts)

  1. The amount of money outstanding that was borrowed by a government in order to finance expenditure not covered by taxation.
    • In a note last month to his array of international fund manager clients, Gerard Minack, Morgan Stanley’s former Global Strategist, warned that many developed economies are heading for sovereign debt crises.2026 January 24, Michael Pascoe, “America’s mighty economic power has feet of clay”, in Michael West Media

Synonyms of sovereign debt

Forms of sovereign debt

pluralsovereign debts

Questions about sovereign debt

What does sovereign debt mean?
Sovereign debt means the amount of money outstanding that was borrowed by a government in order to finance expenditure not covered by taxation.
What part of speech is sovereign debt?
Sovereign debt is a noun.
What is the plural of sovereign debt?
The plural of sovereign debt is sovereign debts.

Words near sovereign debt in the dictionary

  1. sovereign
  2. sovereign bond
  3. sovereign bonds
  4. sovereign citizen
  5. sovereign citizens
  6. sovereign debt
  7. sovereign debts
  8. sovereign immunities
  9. sovereign immunity
  10. Sovereign Military Order of Malta
  11. sovereign ring

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