sovereign debt
noun/ˌsɒvrɪn ˈdet/
/ˌsɑːvrɪn ˈdet/
[countable, usually singular, uncountable]- money that the government of a country owes synonym national debt
- The prime minister has failed to resolve the country's sovereign debt crisis.
- A huge amount of sovereign debt must be written off.
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