debtor-nation

Debtor Nation — Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink   Author(s) Louis Hyman …   Wikipedia

debtor nation — UK US noun [C] (also debtor country) ► ECONOMICS, POLITICS a country that owes more to other countries than other countries owe to it: »The heavy foreign buying of U.S. securities flipped the U.S. over from creditor to debtor nation a few years… …   Financial and business terms

Debtor Nation — A nation with a cumulative balance of payments deficit. A debtor nation has negative net investment after recording all of the financial transactions it has completed worldwide. Nations that have invested fewer resources than the rest of the… …   Investment dictionary

debtor nation — / detə ˌneɪʃ(ə)n/ noun a country whose foreign debts are larger than money owed to it by other countries ▪▪▪ ‘…the United States is now a debtor nation for the first time since 1914, owing more to foreigners than it is owed itself’ [Economist] …   Dictionary of banking and finance

debtor nation — noun : a nation whose debts to other countries exceed its foreign investments compare creditor nation …   Useful english dictionary

debtor nation — n. nation that ownes more to other countries that others owe to it …   English contemporary dictionary

debtor country — UK }} US }} noun [C] ► DEBTOR NATION(Cf. ↑debtor nation) …   Financial and business terms

nation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ large ▪ little, small ▪ major ▪ great, leading, powerful, strong …   Collocations dictionary

debtor — / detə/ noun a person who owes money ▪▪▪ ‘…the United States is now a debtor nation for the first time since 1914, owing more to foreigners than it is owed itself’ [Economist] …   Marketing dictionary in english

debtor — [det′ər] n. [altered (after L) < ME dettur < OFr detor < L debitor < debitus, pp. of debere: see DEBT] a person, company, nation, etc. that owes something to another or others …   English World dictionary

debtor — noun Debtor is used before these nouns: ↑nation …   Collocations dictionary