Unfair trade bleeds countries dry through repayments of national debts.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
bleed sth dry — bleed sb/sth dry ► DISAPPROVING to take all or most of the money of a person, organization, country, etc.: »Unfair trade bleeds countries dry through repayments of national debts. Main Entry: ↑bleed … Financial and business terms
bleed — [bliːd] verb bled PTandPP [bled] 1. [intransitive] to lose money: • Its consumer electronics division continued to bleed, with an operating loss of $100 million. 2. [transitive] to make someone pay an unreasonable amount of money: bleed somebody… … Financial and business terms
bleed sb dry — bleed sb/sth dry ► DISAPPROVING to take all or most of the money of a person, organization, country, etc.: »Unfair trade bleeds countries dry through repayments of national debts. Main Entry: ↑bleed … Financial and business terms
dry — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ carefully, completely, properly, thoroughly ▪ Wait until the paint has completely dried. ▪ Always dry clothes thoroughly before you wear them again. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
cut — cut1 W1S1 [kʌt] v past tense and past participle cut present participle cutting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(reduce)¦ 2¦(divide something with a knife, scissors etc)¦ 3¦(make something shorter with a knife etc)¦ 4¦(remove parts from film etc)¦ 5¦(make a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
