| 单词 | active debt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasactive debt active debt n. (a) a debt which is owed to a person, as opposed to one which he or she owes (now rare); (b) a debt on which interest accrues.Opposed to passive debt. ΚΠ 1606Active debt [see sense A. 5a]. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Debt Active Debts, are those whereof a Person is Creditor: Passive Debts, those whereof he is Debtor. 1835 Ann. Reg. 1834 Hist. Europe 414/1 The active debt should continue to bear interest thenceforth at five per cent.:..the passive debt should bear no interest in the mean time. 1853 F. Baraga Dict. Otchipwe Lang. 468/2 I collect my credits, (my active debts,) nin nandoshkamage. 1979 F. E. Perry Dict. Banking 4/1 Active Debt, a debt owed to a person. 2005 Grimsby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 18 Nov. 9 Only £156,829,907 is ‘active debt’ and is subject to an interest rate of 7.75 per cent. < as lemmas |
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