foreign debt

English

Alternative forms

• foreign-debt

Noun

foreign debt (usually uncountable; plural foreign debts)

1. (countable, finance) A debt that a country, an organization in a country, or a resident individual in a country owes to those in other countries.
2. (uncountable, economics) An aggregate amount of such debts.

Synonyms

• external debt

Coordinate terms

• domestic debt

Translations

a debt owed to foreigners

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外債 (cmn), 外债 (cmn) (wàizhài), 對外債務 (cmn), 对外债务 (cmn) (duìwài zhàiwù)

• Finnish: valuuttavelka (fi) (debt denominated in foreign currency)
• French: dette extérieure (fr) f

• German: Auslandsschuld (de) f, Auslandsverschuldung (de) f
• Japanese: 対外債務 (ja) (たいがいさいむ, taigai saimu)
• Russian: вне́шний долг (ru) (vnéšnij dolg) m, внешняя задолженность (ru) (vnéšnjaja zadólžennost') f
• Spanish: deuda externa (es) f

aggregate of debt to foreigners

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: ulkomaanvelka (fi)
• Russian: вне́шний долг (ru) (vnéšnij dolg) m

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: buitenlandse schuld
• French: dette extérieur f

• Indonesian: hutang luar negeri
• Interlingua: debita exterior
• Portuguese: dívida externa f
• Spanish: deuda externa f

See also

• debt
• foreign