public debt

pub·lic debt

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [puhb-lik det]
- /ˈpʌb lɪk dɛt/
- /ˈpʌblɪk det/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [puhb-lik det]
- /ˈpʌb lɪk dɛt/

Definitions of public debt words

noun public debt national debt. 1
noun public debt money owed by government 1
noun public debt the total financial obligations incurred by all governmental bodies of a nation 0
noun public debt the total debt of all governmental units, including those of state and local governments 0
noun public debt national debt 0

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Origin of public debt

First appearance:

before 1715

One of the 49% newest English words

First recorded in 1715-25

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Parts of speech for Public debt

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Public debt

public debt popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

public debt usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for public debt

noun public debt

budget deficit — the amount by which government expenditure exceeds income from taxation, customs duties, etc, in any one fiscal year
funded debt — a debt, as in the form of bonds, having a long period of maturity.
national debt — the financial obligations of a national government resulting from deficit spending.

All 3 Synonyms of public debt