national debt

national debt

English

Noun

national debt (countable and uncountable, plural national debts)

1. (economics) Any money owed by the government of a nation.
   • 2019 March 1, Anthony Zurcher, “Trump addresses Congress: A kinder, gentler president”, in BBC News‎:

     The only reference to the national debt - the reduction of which was once a top priority for Republicans of all stripes - was a passing mention of the subject during a litany of Barack Obama's economic failings.

Translations

money owed by the government of a nation

Chinese: Mandarin: 國債 (zh), 国债 (zh) (guózhài) Finnish: valtionvelka (fi) French: dette publique (fr) f German: Staatsverschuldung (de) f Irish: fiach náisiúnta m Japanese: 国債 (こくさい, kokusai), 公債 (こうさい, kōsai) Korean: 국채 (ko) (gukchae) (國債 (ko)), 공채 (gongchae) (公債 (ko))

Norwegian: Bokmål: statsgjeld m or f Nynorsk: statsgjeld f Russian: госуда́рственный долг m (gosudárstvennyj dolg), национа́льный долг m (nacionálʹnyj dolg) Spanish: deuda pública f Swedish: statsskuld (sv) c Vietnamese: nợ quốc gia, nợ chính phủ, nợ công