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debt trap en · NOUN

Etymology

From debt + trap.

Meanings

  1. (abstract) A situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities, compelling to them to incur new debt to repay existing ones.

Forms

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debt traps Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

debt trap diplomacy

Translations (3)

de Schuldenfalle (a situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities) · vi bẫy nợ (a situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities) · sv skuldfälla (a situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities)