"debt ceiling" meaning in English

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      "form": "debt ceilings",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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      "glosses": [
        "The limit up to which an entity (usually a government) is legally allowed to borrow."
      ],
      "id": "en-debt_ceiling-en-noun-DfgZbrZF",
      "links": [
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          "politics",
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          "economics"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics, economics) The limit up to which an entity (usually a government) is legally allowed to borrow."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "fiscal cliff"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "debt-ceiling"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "economics",
        "government",
        "politics",
        "science",
        "sciences"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "limit",
          "word": "債務上限"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhàiwù shàngxiàn",
          "sense": "limit",
          "word": "债务上限"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "limit",
          "word": "velkakatto"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "limit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schuldengrenze"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "limit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schuldenobergrenze"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "limit",
          "word": "adósságplafon"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "debt ceiling"
}

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      "form": "debt ceilings",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fiscal cliff"
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "The limit up to which an entity (usually a government) is legally allowed to borrow."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "economics",
          "economics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics, economics) The limit up to which an entity (usually a government) is legally allowed to borrow."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "economics",
        "government",
        "politics",
        "science",
        "sciences"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "debt-ceiling"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "limit",
      "word": "債務上限"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhàiwù shàngxiàn",
      "sense": "limit",
      "word": "债务上限"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhàiwù shàngxiàn",
      "sense": "limit",
      "word": "债务上限"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "limit",
      "word": "velkakatto"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "limit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schuldengrenze"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "limit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schuldenobergrenze"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "limit",
      "word": "adósságplafon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "debt ceiling"
}