🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

debito pubblico

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈdebito ˈpubbliko

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Government Debt/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt dɛt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il debito pubblico del paese ha raggiunto un livello record."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The total amount of money that a government owes to creditors.

    "The country's government debt has reached an all-time high due to increased spending."
  2. 2

    A financial obligation incurred by a government, typically through the issuance of bonds.

    "Investors are concerned about the rising government debt and its implications for future taxation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'government debt' combines 'government', derived from the Old French 'governer', meaning to direct or control, and 'debt', from the Latin 'debitum', meaning something owed. The phrase has evolved to refer specifically to the financial obligations incurred by a government.

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