- debtor country
- debtor country UK }} US }} noun [C]► DEBTOR NATION(Cf. ↑debtor nation)
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debtor nation — UK US noun [C] (also debtor country) ► ECONOMICS, POLITICS a country that owes more to other countries than other countries owe to it: »The heavy foreign buying of U.S. securities flipped the U.S. over from creditor to debtor nation a few years… … Financial and business terms
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debtor — [[t]de̱tə(r)[/t]] debtors N COUNT: oft N n A debtor is a country, organization, or person who owes money. ...important improvements in the situation of debtor countries … English dictionary
debtor */*/ — UK [ˈdetə(r)] / US [ˈdetər] noun [countable] Word forms debtor : singular debtor plural debtors a person, organization, or country that owes money … English dictionary
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debtor — debt|or [ detər ] noun count ** a person, organization, or country that owes money ─ opposite CREDITOR … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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