foreign debt

noun

: the amount of money that a country owes other countries
the nation's growing foreign debt

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The sanctions also slammed the local currency, driving up the cost of the company’s foreign debt by several million dollars. — Alex Budak, Harvard Business Review, 5 Aug. 2025 Given the scale of the tragedy and the size of its foreign debt, Venezuela needs far more than the aid now arriving to assist those affected and rebuild its infrastructure. — Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 29 June 2026 In 2022, Ghana—the world’s sixth-biggest producer of gold and number two exporter of cocoa—defaulted on its domestic and foreign debt obligations. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025 From 2015-2024, the level of foreign debt averaged 184% of the country’s GDP. — George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foreign debt

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“Foreign debt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20debt. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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