A ~ is a large amount of money that one country or organization owes to another and which they find very difficult to repay.
...the massive ~ of the Third World.
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A ~ is a large amount of money that one country or organization owes to another and which they find very difficult to repay.
...the massive ~ of the Third World.
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Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012