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单词 debt
释义
debt
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Word forms: debts
1. variable noun B2
A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone.
Three years later, he is still paying off his debts.
Shrinking economies mean falling tax revenues and more government debt.
...reducing the country's $18 billion foreign debt.
Synonyms: debit, bill, score, account  
2.  See also bad debt
3. uncountable noun B2
Debt is the state of owing money.
Stress is a main reason for debt.
in debt phrase
If you are in debt or get into debt, you owe money. If you are out of debt or get out of debt, you succeed in paying all the money that you owe.
He was already deeply in debt through gambling losses.
How can I accumulate enough cash to get out of debt?
4. countable noun [usually singular, oft in poss N]
You use debt in expressions such as I owe you a debt or I am in your debt when you are expressing gratitude for something that someone has done for you. [formal, feelings]
He was so good to me that I can never repay the debt I owe him.
I owe a debt of thanks to Joyce Thompson, whose careful and able research was of great help.
I know I shall feel for ever in her debt.
Synonyms: indebtedness, obligation  
Quotations:
In the midst of life we are in debtEthel Watts Mumford et al.Altogether New Cynic's Calendar
Debt is the worst povertyThomas FullerGnomologia
Collocations:
clear your debts
Once you have cleared your debts, do not rest on your laurels.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
You may want to try to clear all your debts within a certain space of time.
Say Goodbye to Debt (1994)
For younger homeowners the easiest means of clearing their debt is to switch to a repayment deal.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
credit card debt
If you have a lot of credit card debt then paying it off first can save you a significant chunk of money.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The tills have rung loudly because consumers have felt wealthy and confident enough to stack up credit card debt.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But it is the loan and credit credit card debt that is making the largest dent in their monthly budget.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
crippling debt
They said the Government should be trying to cut our crippling debt instead.
The Sun (2009)
The group is struggling with crippling debt.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The American owners are looking to raise about $300 million to help reduce crippling debts.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
debt expense
Also, companies use revenue to determine bad debt expense using the income statement method.
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The entry would consist of debiting a bad debt expense account and crediting the respective accounts receivable in the sales ledger.
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However, annual rates charged to clients are higher, as they also include local inflation and the bad debt expenses of the microfinance institution.
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debt finance
The funds will be used alongside private money to provide 450 million of debt finance.
Times, Sunday Times
In small, closely controlled companies, returns on equity are not entirely a reward for financial investment and thus interchangeable with debt finance.
Times,Sunday Times
Finally, because they are 'too big to fail', they can use relatively low-cost debt finance to subsidise riskier activities.
Times, Sunday Times
The company also said that it had begun discussions to raise debt finance to help fund the plan.
Times, Sunday Times
Because debt finance was increasingly scarce, there was a growing risk that average property values would fall, he said.
Times, Sunday Times
debt financing
Much of the estimated 70 million-plus in fees would be for arrangement costs and the margin on the debt financing.
Times, Sunday Times
The downturn in equity markets and the reduced availability of debt financing means that the pace of realisations will inevitably slow.
Times, Sunday Times
They can provide senior, subordinated or mezzanine debt as well as asset-backed lending or distressed debt financing.
Times, Sunday Times
He has already amassed debt financing from a syndicate of banks.
Times, Sunday Times
The disposal signals that appetites for a type of debt financing popular in the run-up to the financial crisis appears to be returning.
Times, Sunday Times
debt free
It's a myth that we'd all love to believe - take a lengthy gap year and return home debt free.
Times, Sunday Times
Many are debt free and have not benefited from low interest rates on mortgages and personal loans.
Times, Sunday Times
Now read my top tips to stay in-game debt free.
The Sun
The shows have basically left me debt free.
The Sun
They met with creditors and slowly starting carving away at the negative balances until the business was debt free.
ST
debt holder
The owner, majority shareholders, debt holder or some other interested insider wants investor money so that their own can be freed up from the company.
Globe and Mail
The company must navigate a way between demanding debt holders, thirsty landlords and cautious motorists.
Times,Sunday Times
The decision to find a buyer for the business will prove unpopular with several of the debt holders, who could also make significant losses.
Times, Sunday Times
He said that he was talking to banks, regulators, investors and loan servicers, which collect payments from homeowners on behalf of debt holders.
Times, Sunday Times
The 2006 lenders were enraged that the company appeared to yielding to pressure from debt holders that had lent to the company in 2009 during the debt-for-equity negotiations.
Times, Sunday Times
debt interest
My preference for the latter would be discontinuance of the offset of debt interest against profits.
Times, Sunday Times
The company said that its relatively low payments were a function of the deductibility of its debt interest.
Times, Sunday Times
They are set to conserve cashflow to pay debt interest and taxes as income dries up.
Times,Sunday Times
With the debt interest bill due to soar, efficiency savings will not be nearly enough to bridge the gap.
Times, Sunday Times
It did not use the boosts of low inflation and lower debt interest to fund giveaways.
Times, Sunday Times
debt liability
They can also act on behalf of local authorities, who have been awarded a relevant debt liability order by a magistrate.
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However, it has been unable to find a partner to help it to fund the scheme and meet its debt liabilities.
Times, Sunday Times
The banks want to negotiate with other groups that may have the development capability and equity backing to regenerate the site and meet the outstanding debt liabilities.
Times, Sunday Times
Precious legislative time has been spent on bank regulatory issues, and red herrings such as remuneration, while the severe consequences of public debt liabilities are not even being debated.
Times, Sunday Times
debt load
They are now close to a deal under which they will have to inject 780m in new equity to refinance its 3.7bn debt load.
Times, Sunday Times
But another stimulus package could be counterproductive, simply adding to the debt load.
Times, Sunday Times
The debt load has ballooned to about $50bn — 10 times annual revenue.
Times, Sunday Times
Any buyer would have to assume half of the group's $4.4 billion debt load.
Times, Sunday Times
The group's market capitalisation has fallen to 484 million - considerably lower that its 3.8 billion debt load.
Times, Sunday Times
debt management
The use of debt management companies rose by 40 per cent in the same period, the insurer said.
Times, Sunday Times
Homeowners will be required to take financial or debt management advice before signing up.
Times, Sunday Times
The regulator also has in its sights the debt management firms who demand fees then fail to provide a service - with few refunds ever offered.
The Sun
Debt management companies — customers often have a misunderstanding about the service these companies can provide.
Times, Sunday Times
About 840 million unsolicited or 'cold' calls a year are made by debt management companies - equivalent to 14 for every person in the country.
Times, Sunday Times
debt of gratitude
We owe our intelligence services a huge debt of gratitude.
The Sun (2016)
He is owed a great debt of gratitude from us all for his confidence and tremendous tenacity.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
So he owed Britain a debt of gratitude.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I and many other ex-servicemen owe them a great debt of gratitude and for their service and loyalty to this country.
The Sun (2009)
Not only that but I owe him a debt of gratitude for helping with my teaching.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
debt payment
It has a 26m debt payment to make next month.
Times, Sunday Times
The country has debt payment arrears of $1.8 billion but with no sign of any attempt to reform economic policy there are no backers willing to provide a bailout.
Times, Sunday Times
The district spent over $650,000 for athletics in 2010, excluding the debt payment on the bonds for the athletic renovations.
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Five million of an unprecedented internal loan of $7.6 million went towards debt payment.
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Although the debt decrease lessened the strain on the state, the debt payment was still far more than the state could afford.
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debt pile
Surging profits helped the company repay €1.2bn of debt, raise another €1.4bn and reprice a portion of its entire €7.7bn debt pile.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It also dodged breaching banking covenants on its 1.3 billion debt pile.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Its earlier refinancing wiped out its debt pile and left the group with cash.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Punch investors are worried it will be undone by its huge debt pile and its fruitless attempt to stem the tide of drinking at home.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But a disposal could make further inroads into its debt pile, taking it to below 1 billion.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
debt purchases
Should it pause while doing other 'unconventional' things, on top of already announced corporate debt purchases?
Times, Sunday Times
But the latest corporate debt purchases are also aimed at directly easing borrowing conditions for companies by freeing up more sources of funding.
Times, Sunday Times
In the past couple of months, it has also begun to leave some sovereign debt purchases 'unsterilised' — in effect another small money-printing programme.
Times, Sunday Times
The main stimulus to the economy will be loose monetary policy, with very low interest rates and quantitative easing (expanding the money supply through debt purchases) maintained.
Times, Sunday Times
By 2006, hedge funds have purchased more than 25% of the high-yield markets supply to supplement their more traditional defaulted debt purchases.
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debt rating
Moody's downgraded the self-styled ethical lender's debt rating to 'junk' status and warned it needed to raise hundreds of millions of pounds to cover potential losses on property loans.
The Sun
It carried out a 351 million rights issue in the summer to preserve its investment grade debt rating, but its debts have concerned shareholders.
Times, Sunday Times
While the company's debt rating was still considered investment-grade, its bonds were trading at levels slightly less, making future sales problematic.
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It adds that governments should co-operate with the agencies so that sovereign debt ratings are as accurate as possible.
Times, Sunday Times
The record highs were caused by a better economic outlook throughout his term, larger foreign currency reserves, and a better debt rating that lowered interest rates.
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debt reduction
That said, household debt reduction has a long way to run.
Times, Sunday Times
But in today's fiscal circumstances, the priority must go to debt reduction.
The Sun
His condition of surrender, after all, was a bipartisan super-committee required to recommend trillions in debt reduction over the next decade.
Times, Sunday Times
Do they want to stay in the eurozone, accept the debt reduction package that was negotiated and make it work for them within the eurozone?
The Sun
Should the markets recover sufficiently, as the company believes, and that debt reduction prove unnecessary, the flow of dividend payments can be restored.
Times, Sunday Times
debt refinancing
It secured a debt refinancing until 2018 but admitted in its accounts that its performance would have to improve or costs be cut to avoid breaching covenants.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Last year it was valued at as much as 350 million after completing a 140 million debt refinancing.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Last week, it agreed a debt refinancing with its banks.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
debt servicing
On average, debt servicing costs swallow 10 per cent of earnings - the seventh-highest in the developed world.
Times, Sunday Times
Underscoring the urgent need to grapple with the public finances was a forecast increase in debt servicing costs.
Times, Sunday Times
Low rates help debt servicing, but also encourage more borrowing.
Times, Sunday Times
They increase debt servicing costs and, by depressing economic activity, reduce tax revenues.
Times,Sunday Times
Its short-term debt servicing costs are huge, exceeding ¤50 billion this year.
Times, Sunday Times
debt sustainability
Eurozone banks are adequately capitalised, government deficits are low and debt burdens are falling, easing concerns about long-term debt sustainability.
Times, Sunday Times
Relaxing its debt sustainability criteria also risks further damaging its credibility in the markets.
Times, Sunday Times
The debt restructure agreement and the result of the debt sustainability report was however still pending.
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discharge a debt
A debtor''s sureties shall not be distrained upon so long as the debtor himself can discharge his debt.
Times, Sunday Times
Neither we nor our officials will seize any land or rent in payment of a debt, so long as the debtor has movable goods sufficient to discharge the debt.
Times, Sunday Times
A different type of situation was typified by the case where the claimant discharged a debt owed by the defendant to a third party.
Times, Sunday Times
On discharging his debts he was released.
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downgrade a debt
This debt downgrade merely adds fuel to a fire already raging in the bond markets.
Times, Sunday Times
The sovereign debt downgrades kicked off by the eurozone crisis followed directly from the financial crisis.
Times, Sunday Times
Analysts think the company faces more debt downgrades, meaning its funding costs can only go up.
Globe and Mail
eliminate a debt
He promises to balance the budget, eliminate the debt and restore the economy by cutting taxes without cutting education or damaging transportation and trade.
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It's time corporate income taxes were replaced by a tax on distributions from capital, eliminating the debt bias and significantly simplifying the system.
Times, Sunday Times
Yet their revenues (and borrowing against them) alleviated but never eliminated his debts.
Times, Sunday Times
If you do not want to inject the additional funds, you will need to reduce the share capital down to 35,000, eliminating your debts with the company.
Times, Sunday Times
Later the remaining 40% was also repaid by the government, after the government decided to completely eliminate all debts of all local governments.
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enormous debt
I owe an enormous debt of gratitude for his encouragement and help, not least in the field of accompanying, which has been my particular interest.
Times, Sunday Times
Its enormous debt left it vulnerable when the property market crashed.
Times, Sunday Times
We owe an enormous debt to them and it makes one feel very humble.
The Sun
Even 35 years later, current players owe him an enormous debt of gratitude.
The Sun
The company pioneered the practice of buying the government's by then enormous debt and reselling it as shares in itself.
Times, Sunday Times
excessive debt
These are exceptional economic times, with negative real interest rates and an excessive debt burden.
Times, Sunday Times
The deal comes at a time of intense scrutiny of the buyout industry over tax breaks, excessive debt and lack of transparency.
Times, Sunday Times
Good business, sensible strategy, big growth plans - but unable to achieve any of its aims while constrained by excessive debt.
Times, Sunday Times
However, taking on an excessive debt obligation may actually stunt growth if it creates anxiety, thereby sapping vision, vitality, and strength.
Christianity Today
Unless they have been acquiring rivals, their balance sheets are reasonably healthy, unburdened by excessive debt.
Times, Sunday Times
existing debt
It already has $3 billion of cash but plans to use part of the proceeds to replace existing debt facilities with cheaper ones.
Times, Sunday Times
He offered the banks three options: partial debt forgiveness; cutting interest rates on the existing debt; or providing new loans.
Times, Sunday Times
The 39-year-old has also provided proof of funds that will guarantee taking on an existing debt of 25 million.
Times, Sunday Times
You'll still pay interest on new purchases but not on your existing debt.
The Sun
Second, a number of banks have to start repaying some of their existing debt.
Times, Sunday Times
external debt
External debt has been managed prudently since the financial crisis of 1997.
Times, Sunday Times
Furthermore, one should assess the risk of growing external debt in terms of its quality compared with the 1997 financial crisis.
Times, Sunday Times
The external debt was restructured, and most creditors settled.
Times, Sunday Times
The proceeds will be used to pay down 275 million of external debt, reducing the company's gearing from about five times operating profit to two-and-a-half times operating profit.
Times, Sunday Times
In addition, 20 per cent of total external debt or 45 per cent of short-term external debt occurred as a result of borrowings by local branches of foreign banks.
Times, Sunday Times
federal debt
If compliance were higher, wouldn't this help eliminate the $17 trillion federal debt?
Christianity Today
If history tells us something, perhaps the pledge may end up making little difference on the size of the federal debt.
Christianity Today
Specifically, the federal debt would have to grow just as fast as the economy to hold the debt ratio steady at 25 per cent.
Globe and Mail
The federal debt ceiling has already been reached and must be raised within weeks.
Times, Sunday Times
All surplus dollars at fiscal year-end go to pay down the federal debt.
canada.com
foreign debt
But its huge foreign debt, at around $140 billion, did not go away.
Times, Sunday Times
About 900m of foreign debt must be repaid next year.
Times, Sunday Times
In reality the supposed success was a mirage born of high oil revenues and an expansion of foreign debt, which in turn boosted consumption.
Times, Sunday Times
Unemployment has been halved, foreign debt has been eliminated and the treasury groans under the weight of its hard currency reserves.
Times, Sunday Times
The cost of basic foods were deregulated, exports were encouraged and the government prioritised paying off its foreign debt.
Times, Sunday Times
forgive a debt
Every time that they forgive a debt, they lengthen the odds on taxpayers being one day repaid in full.
Times, Sunday Times
Do nt take on too much debt, and do nt expect the government to forgive the debt that you take on.
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The king felt sorry for him and forgave the debt.
Christianity Today
A soft version of default would involve both banks and governments in forgiving some debt, and extending the maturities on the remaining bonds.
Times, Sunday Times
Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both.
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get into debt
Consider setting up a budget plan to avoid getting into debt and to set aside some of your income in savings.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He got into debt before but we got through it.
The Sun (2011)
Last time he got into debt owing thousands his wife had to bail him out.
The Sun (2014)
government debt
There is a huge difference between Britain and Japan in government debt.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In this regard the statistics commonly cited as government debt are themselves deeply misleading, for they encompass only the sums owed by governments in the form of bonds.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The assets will be used to reduce the figures for government debt and the liabilities will simply disappear from view.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
guarantee a debt
The taxpayer will provide most of the money and guarantee the debt, and the private sector will reap a disproportionate share of the profits.
Times, Sunday Times
They are believed to have advocated taking stakes of 10%-20% as a natural extension of the government's debt guarantee and longterm strike price.
Times, Sunday Times
Amigo offers so-called guarantor loans, giving up to 10,000 to borrowers with bad credit histories if they are able to find someone willing to guarantee the debt.
Times, Sunday Times
Gold would make the loan as a private citizen to circumvent rules preventing a club lending money or guaranteeing the debts of a rival.
Times, Sunday Times
It forces other governments to adopt ever more draconian and unrealistic austerity targets while refusing even to discuss the quid pro quo of collective debt guarantees and central bank intervention.
Times, Sunday Times
heavy debt
By contrast, the 25-year-old probably had to pay for university education, so he or she started work with heavy debt.
Times, Sunday Times
However, heavy debt burdens remain a significant issue for many companies.
Times, Sunday Times
Next year, however, it faces heavy debt repayments and analysts believe that it will struggle to service its debt unless its performance improves.
Times, Sunday Times
The toy giant has been struggling under its heavy debt load and the shift towards online shopping.
The Sun
It struggled with heavy debt, however, and went into administration three years later.
Times, Sunday Times
high-interest debt
But this rule will not always apply - for example, if you have a large high-interest debt, that should be prioritised.
The Sun
But payday borrowing can leave you trapped in a cycle of high-interest debt.
Times, Sunday Times
Much of it has come from refinancing paymentin-kind notes — a high-interest debt instrument long favoured by private equity groups.
Times, Sunday Times
Once lured into high-interest debt traps, struggling borrowers have no option but to keep borrowing at punitive interest rates - making it impossible for them to escape.
The Sun
household debt
Household debt has barely increased in the past seven years.
Times, Sunday Times
Because of high levels of household debt, most of that fiscal squeeze will have to come from cuts in public spending.
Times, Sunday Times
Voters there are more likely to be worried about household debt.
The Sun
Looking ahead, household debt -which has not fallen far relative to household incomes even in the wake of the financial crisis - will remain a problem.
Times, Sunday Times
The dizzy rise in household debt jeopardised the other.
Times, Sunday Times
huge debt
The huge debt that a lot of comics have to me.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Punch investors are worried it will be undone by its huge debt pile and its fruitless attempt to stem the tide of drinking at home.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This country owes a huge debt of gratitude to these people.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
increase debt
They increase debt servicing costs and, by depressing economic activity, reduce tax revenues.
Times,Sunday Times
Does it matter that so many are taking advantage of low interest rates to increase debt?
Times,Sunday Times
New software might be more reliable, better bailiffs might increase debt recovery, more efficient management might be able to use less labour in the system.
Times, Sunday Times
The budget will increase debt by £125bn.
Times,Sunday Times
To cave in to pressure to increase debt would go against the grain of efforts to encourage more, not less, long-term thinking.
Times, Sunday Times
long-term debt
The falls came despite continuing demand for long-term debt, with 30-year maturities rising.
Times, Sunday Times
Long-term debt was more than 1 billion, up from 973m in 2006.
Times, Sunday Times
Then last month a phenomenon know as 'yield curve inversion' took place, where it became more profitable for investors to own short-term than long-term debt.
Times, Sunday Times
Long-term debt should have a significantly higher interest rate, rewarding banks for taking maturity risk.
Times, Sunday Times
Small and mid-sized businesses will need better access to long-term debt and equity finance after the crisis.
Times,Sunday Times
massive debt
Remember who said 'deficits don't matter' while turning an inherited surplus into a massive debt?
Times, Sunday Times
Then, of course, there was the massive debt they faced.
Times, Sunday Times
The move alleviated the debt burden of the insolvent government while preventing the banks from having to recognise massive debt writedowns.
Times, Sunday Times
Today we reveal the massive debt that can quickly mount up after borrowing relatively small sums.
The Sun
The city knows that it owes him a massive debt.
Times, Sunday Times
mortgage debt
An offset deal - setting your savings against your mortgage debt - will only suit those with thousands of pounds set aside.
Times, Sunday Times
It wants the terms of the special liquidity scheme, where banks swap mortgage debt for gilts, extended to pump more cash into the system.
Times, Sunday Times
Deflation in the wider economy would be a further blow because mortgage debt would increase in real terms, by becoming more expensive relative to prices.
Times, Sunday Times
They will deposit their extra cash with the banks and pay off their mortgage debt, reducing the banks' need to borrow from the government.
Times, Sunday Times
We have become used to the level of mortgage debt increasing month by month.
Times, Sunday Times
mountain of debt
And returns rely on a small risk capital sitting atop a mountain of debt.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The company is buckling under a mountain of debt.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
China's economy is precariously balanced on a mountain of debt.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
So it now faces a triple whammy of big borrowing, a rapidly growing mountain of debt and a global economy sluggish in many areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
net debt
Under this scenario, both public sector borrowing and public sector net debt would still fall every year as a share of national income.
The Sun (2015)
Amid higher net debt the IT services company shelved its interim dividend.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The enlarged group will have about three times net debt to earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Why sell a stream of income for a lump sum amounting to just 0.05 per cent of public sector net debt?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
outstanding debt
Their average credit card debt was £21,091, while their average total outstanding debt, excluding mortgages, came to £38,164.
Times,Sunday Times
Ordinarily, most lenders would not let you borrow more than 95% of the new property - or 152,000 - but that wouldn't cover your outstanding debt.
Times, Sunday Times
Recovering outstanding debt from tenants was particularly difficult.
Times, Sunday Times
Outstanding debt, approaching 1,200 billion, rose 9% last year but that was smaller than the 12.6% increase recorded in 2004, and 13% in 2003.
Times, Sunday Times
Lenders normally let you overpay by up to 10% of the outstanding debt each year without a charge.
Times, Sunday Times
reduce debt
It will use the money to reduce debt and to help to fund its portfolio of liquefied natural gas projects.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The funds will mostly be used to reduce debt of about 1.35 billion.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is no getting round the unpalatable fact that your best option is to overpay the mortgage as much as you can afford, to reduce the debt.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
refinance debt
It has strengthened its balance sheet by raising money to refinance debt and by embarking on a rights issue.
ST
And the chief executives of much bigger public companies are very concerned about their ability to refinance debt when it comes due.
Times, Sunday Times
It has sold 6.2 billion of properties since the start of 2006, and has no requirement to refinance debt before 2013.
Times, Sunday Times
Within weeks, it needs to raise ¤16 billion more to refinance debt.
Times, Sunday Times
Another driver has been huge amounts of share buybacks as companies have been able to refinance debt cheaply by using their own shares and boosting stock prices.
Times,Sunday Times
repay a debt
There are concerns that lenders are not properly taking account of whether the loan recipient can afford to repay the debt.
Times, Sunday Times
And one in eight fear they will never repay the debt.
The Sun
The bidders are understood to have offered a token 1 and would repay some debt.
The Sun
There are mounting fears, however, that many of these businesses will struggle to repay the debt.
Times,Sunday Times
But he will certainly do his utmost to repay the debt.
Times,Sunday Times
restructure a debt
And governments might themselves throw in the towel and restructure their debt, perhaps in the face of pressure from their hard-pressed populations.
Times, Sunday Times
But over time, countries in difficulty economic situations have needed to restructure their debt structure, or see its national economy collapse.
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A court will appoint a judge and an administrator to oversee talks on restructuring the debt, along with a second administrator to represent the creditors.
Times, Sunday Times
More work on restructuring his debt, and more legal action.
Times, Sunday Times
United, meanwhile, announced plans to raise 500 million to restructure their debts after paying out 41.9 million in interest during the past financial year.
Times, Sunday Times
rising debt
Half-year results last month showed profits growth but rising debt and a pension shortfall.
Times, Sunday Times
Two respected think-tanks claimed that rising debt levels, demographic pressures and the difficulty of securing cuts would all prolong the pain for another parliament.
Times, Sunday Times
Notorious payday loan firms have cheery ads with amusing jingles and make taking a loan seem easy - but then the reality of rising debt hits.
The Sun
There was no examination of rising debt in the next four years.
Times,Sunday Times
As countries struggle to cope with their rising debt, leaders may also retreat from globalisation, the report warned.
Times, Sunday Times
secure a debt
The second charge did not secure a debt from anybody, other than that contingent sum.
Times, Sunday Times
In title-theory states, a mortgage continues to be a conveyance of legal title to secure a debt, while the mortgagor still retains equitable title.
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In which case, the staff would have had to set themselves up as a trust and to have secured the debt to buy him out.
Times, Sunday Times
They suggested securing the debt against the partner's wage.
The Sun
It secured a debt refinancing until 2018 but admitted in its accounts that its performance would have to improve or costs be cut to avoid breaching covenants.
Times, Sunday Times
settle a debt
Hopefully, we can keep getting crowds above 6,000 to settle the debt.
The Sun
He feared losing his home after falling 600 behind — and being ordered to settle the debt within six months.
The Sun
However, those planning to switch halfway though a cycle may need to settle a debt before they are able to switch.
Times, Sunday Times
For example, if you had a credit card loan but were told to invest in other products rather than settle the debt first.
Times, Sunday Times
Changes in the autumn will allow students to stop making repayments a year before they settle the debt.
Times, Sunday Times
short-term debt
These invest in short-term debt issued by banks and financial institutions when they need to borrow money.
Times, Sunday Times
Guaranteed by a consortium of the banks, it would sell its own short-term debt.
Times, Sunday Times
When the conglomerate delayed interest payments on some of its short-term debt securities this week, investors' concerns were heightened.
Times, Sunday Times
The government has since struggled to sell short-term debt, forcing it to extend the maturity of $7 billion of short-term bonds this week.
Times, Sunday Times
Its short-term debt servicing costs are huge, exceeding ¤50 billion this year.
Times, Sunday Times
sleep debt
Organisations must take into account the issue of sleep debt.
Times, Sunday Times
For the chronically two 25- minute naps at lunchtime and after work may be enough to help catch up on sleep debt.
Times, Sunday Times
Also, your sleep efficiency will increase because you're building up a sleep debt.
Times, Sunday Times
But will sleep debt really lead to mounting stress, poor performance at work and health niggles from headaches to digestive problems?
Times, Sunday Times
Sleep debt results in diminished abilities to perform high-level cognitive functions.
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substantial debt
Pastors who accumulate substantial debt may consider bankruptcy as a solution.
Christianity Today
She said she would use her winnings to service her car and pay off substantial debt.
ST
Whichever university you attend, you will leave with substantial debt.
Times, Sunday Times
The background investigation must show the candidate to be free of substantial debt or foreign influence.
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When the previous management ceased operation, substantial debt remained behind.
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sustainable debt
'You need to come to an agreement among the public and private sector players as to what a sustainable debt level would be, and the parties all have to agree to share the burden of bringing the debt to that level.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Its proposed rules are to eliminate all borrowing so that the country can start paying off its debts, and to set a new sustainable debt target of about 40 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In a low-interest rate environment, it has become clear public investment can be funded by a higher level of sustainable debt than was previously believed to be the case, " he said.
Times,Sunday Times (2019)
tax debt
Inquiries on how to handle gas and electricity arrears were up by a third, while queries about council tax debt rose by a quarter.
Times, Sunday Times
She gradually sank further into debt with rent arrears, council tax debt and mounting bills on credit and store cards.
Times, Sunday Times
She also says she has a 615,000 tax debt due to his financial mismanagement.
The Sun
Of 500 people in council tax debt 38 per cent were billed for 'phantom' calls.
The Sun
Pay off tax debt first.
Times, Sunday Times
total debt
Total debt stood at 88bn, up 1bn on last year.
Times, Sunday Times
Experts blamed not only the higher level of total debt but greater inflation, which pushes up the interest bill on some of our loans.
The Sun
These mortgages pool all your savings and borrowing in one account to reduce your total debt.
Times, Sunday Times
The club's total debt should be confirmed as 350m, with the cost of paying off the interest at a similar level to the profits.
The Sun
Total debt ratios are comfortably at an all-time high across the developed world.
Times, Sunday Times
unpaid debt
Unpaid debt converts into equity at the recipient company's next fundraising, or on its sale.
Times,Sunday Times
It blamed slowing growth in lending and a sharp rise in unpaid debt for its profit decline.
Times, Sunday Times
If he forgets the unpaid debt, he sees his career as one to celebrate and tips his hat to good fortune.
Times, Sunday Times
In fact the house was being repossessed and the family embroiled in lawsuits alleging fraud and unpaid debt.
Times, Sunday Times
They are also used by bailiffs, who scour the streets for drivers with unpaid debt.
Times, Sunday Times
unsecured debt
Despite being at 0 per cent interest, unsecured debt is a sign that their household budget is not in check.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Despite our best intentions, the amount of unsecured debt continues to rise.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Pay off any overdrafts and other unsecured debt, and ensure you have a good credit rating.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
You are approached by a small firm with an untried product line that wants to issue some junior unsecured debt.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
Term loans are for the most part unsecured debt.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
unsustainable debt
The reality would be 90 billion more borrowing over the next parliament and an unsustainable debt burden to be shouldered by his successors.
Times, Sunday Times
The widely varying interest rates at which the eurozone's members borrow testifies to the unsustainable debt levels of its weaker states.
Times, Sunday Times
He inherited an unsustainable debt position and a trajectory for public spending that had to be curtailed.
Times, Sunday Times
The proposal reflects concerns that governments have been able to run up unsustainable debt because regulations have delivered a captive market among commercial banks.
Times, Sunday Times
The board was riven with conflict, the company was labouring under an unsustainable debt burden and it was struggling to deal with a growing shortfall in its finalsalary pension scheme.
Times, Sunday Times
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Chinese: 欠款
Japanese: 借金
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