debt burden

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debt burden (plural debt burdens)

  1. The debt of a country or subdivision, when large enough that servicing it has become difficult.
    • 1960, Alfred L. Edwards, A Study of Local Government Debt in Michigan (Technical study)‎[1], →LCCN, →OCLC, page 9:
      According to Table V, Michigan's local government debt burden is below the average for the country. The index of debt burden18 for Michigan was 52.2 in 1949 and had declined to 47.2 in 1954.

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