foreign debt

See also: foreign-debt

English

Alternative forms

foreign-debt

Noun

foreign debt (usually uncountable, plural foreign debts)

(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.
(uncountable, economics) An aggregate amount of such debts.

Synonyms

external debt

Coordinate terms

domestic debt

Translations

debt owed to foreigners

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對外債務, 对外债务 (duìwài zhàiwù), 外債 (zh), 外债 (zh) (wàizhài)
Finnish: ulkomaanvelka
French: dette extérieure f
German: Auslandsschuld f, Auslandsverschuldung f

Japanese: 対外債務 (たいがいさいむ, taigai saimu)
Portuguese: dívida externa f
Russian: вне́шний долг m (vnéšnij dolg), вне́шняя задо́лженность f (vnéšnjaja zadólžennostʹ)
Spanish: deuda externa f
Swedish: utlandsskuld c
Yakut: тас иэс (tas ies)

aggregate of debt to foreigners

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對外債務, 对外债务 (duìwài zhàiwù), 外債 (zh), 外债 (zh) (wàizhài)
Finnish: ulkomaanvelka
French: dette extérieure f

Portuguese: dívida externa f
Russian: вне́шний долг m (vnéšnij dolg)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: utlandsskuld c
Yakut: тас иэс (tas ies)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "the amount of money that a country has to pay to another country"

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} buitenlandse schuld
French: ^{(please verify)} dette extérieur f
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} hutang luar negeri

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} debita exterior
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} deuda externa f