"debt trap" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: debt traps [plural]
Etymology: From debt + trap. Head templates: {{en-noun}} debt trap (plural debt traps)
  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. Tags: abstract Derived forms: debt trap diplomacy Translations (a situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities): Schuldenfalle [feminine] (German), skuldfälla [common-gender] (Swedish), bẫy nợ (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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        "A situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities, compelling to them to incur new debt to repay existing ones."
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        "(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."
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          "sense": "a situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "a situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities",
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          "sense": "a situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities",
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    },
    {
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      "sense": "a situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities",
      "word": "bẫy nợ"
    }
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