national debt

noun

: the total amount of money that the government of a country owes to companies, countries, etc.

Examples of national debt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kim Farrington, an accountant who has touted her work reforming federal spending to save taxpayer dollars, highlights tackling the national debt and rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse as her top priority. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026

Independent economists have put more blame on the national debt than on institutional landlords. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2026

The institute also said homeownership rose from 55% to 67%, the number of individual shareholders increased from 3 million to 11 million, and national debt fell from 47% of gross domestic product to 28%. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026

Aside from the tariff situation, net interest on the nearly $40 trillion national debt continued to be a significant burden. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask,lee Ying Shan,fred Imbert, CNBC, 12 July 2026

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