foreign debt
noun
: the amount of money that a country owes other countries
the nation's growing foreign debt
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Kenya’s foreign debt burden came under the spotlight in two separate ratings agency reports.
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Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 28 July 2025
In these transactions, a country reduces its foreign debt by giving a company an equity stake in a local company or property.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
Laos has become almost entirely reliant on Chinese funds for the building of hydroelectric dams along the Mekong River within its borders; infrastructure loans from China now account for half of the foreign debt that the landlocked country has incurred.
—Yuen Foong Khong, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
At the same time, governments across the continent are coping with a foreign debt load that exceeds $1.1 trillion.
—Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 28 July 2025
In these transactions, a country reduces its foreign debt by giving a company an equity stake in a local company or property.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
Laos has become almost entirely reliant on Chinese funds for the building of hydroelectric dams along the Mekong River within its borders; infrastructure loans from China now account for half of the foreign debt that the landlocked country has incurred.
—Yuen Foong Khong, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
At the same time, governments across the continent are coping with a foreign debt load that exceeds $1.1 trillion.
—Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Foreign debt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20debt. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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