foreign debt

English edit

Noun edit

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 edit

external debt

Coordinate terms edit

domestic debt

Translations edit

debt owed to foreigners

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: արտաքին պարտք (hy) (artakʻin partkʻ)
Belarusian: знешні доўг m (znješni doŭh)
Bulgarian: външен дълг m (vǎnšen dǎlg)
Catalan: deute exterior
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對外債務／对外债务 (duìwài zhàiwù), 外債／外债 (zh) (wàizhài)
Czech: zahraniční dluh m
Danish: udlandsgæld
Esperanto: ekstera ŝuldo
Estonian: välisvõlg
Finnish: ulkomaanvelka
French: dette extérieure f
Galician: débeda externa f
German: Auslandsschuld (de) f, Auslandsverschuldung f
Italian: debito estero (it) m
Japanese: 対外債務 (たいがいさいむ, taigai saimu)
Lithuanian: užsienio skola
Polish: dług zewnętrzny m
Portuguese: dívida externa f
Romanian: datorie externă f
Russian: вне́шний долг (ru) m (vnéšnij dolg), вне́шняя задо́лженность f (vnéšnjaja zadólžennostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: vanjski dug m
Spanish: deuda externa f
Swedish: utlandsskuld c
Turkish: dış borç (tr)
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／外债 (zh) (wàizhài)
Danish: udlandsgæld c
Finnish: ulkomaanvelka
French: dette extérieure f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utenlandsgjeld m or f
Portuguese: dívida externa f
Russian: вне́шний долг (ru) m (vnéšnij dolg)
Spanish: deuda externa f
Swedish: utlandsskuld c
Yakut: тас иэс (tas ies)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. 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
Indonesian: utang luar negeri
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} debita exterior