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sovereign debts

sovereign debts is the plural of sovereign debt.

Meaning of sovereign debt

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

Questions about sovereign debts

What is sovereign debts the plural of?
Sovereign debts is the plural of sovereign debt.

Words near sovereign debts in the dictionary

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

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