English Explanatory Dictionary

odious debt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The national debt incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the best interests of the nation, and thus considered to be a personal debt of the regime and not a debt of the state.

Word forms

odious debt odious debts
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