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Any money owed by the government of a nation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: economics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: government debt, public debt, sovereign debt
Antonyms: none provided
the debt of the national government (as distinguished from the debts of individuals and businesses and political subdivisions)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: debt
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
սուվերեն պարտք
(suveren partkʻ)
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Bulgarian:
държавен дълг
(dǎržaven dǎlg)
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Chinese Mandarin:
國債 /国债
(guózhài)
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Dutch:
staatsschuld
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Esperanto:
ŝtatŝuldo
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Estonian:
riigivõlg
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Finnish:
valtionvelka
— money owed by the government of a nation
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French:
dette publique
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Georgian:
სახელმწიფო ვალი
(saxelmc̣ipo vali)
— money owed by the government of a nation
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German:
Staatsverschuldung
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Hungarian:
államadósság
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Irish:
fiach náisiúnta
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Italian:
debito pubblico
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Japanese:
国債
(kokusai)
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Japanese:
公債
(kōsai)
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Korean:
국채
(gukchae)
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Korean:
공채
(gongchae)
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Norwegian Bokmål:
statsgjeld
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
statsgjeld
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Polish:
dług publiczny
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Polish:
dług państwowy
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Russian:
госуда́рственный долг
(gosudárstvennyj dolg)
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Russian:
национа́льный долг
(nacionálʹnyj dolg)
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Spanish:
deuda pública
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Swahili:
deni la taifa
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Swedish:
statsskuld
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Ukrainian:
держа́вний борг
(deržávnyj borh)
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Vietnamese:
nợ quốc gia
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Vietnamese:
nợ chính phủ
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Vietnamese:
nợ công
— money owed by the government of a nation
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Vietnamese:
quốc trái
— money owed by the government of a nation