debtor nation

1. A nation that owes more to other nations than it is owed.

Example Sentences

They fully understand that American military power cannot survive the United States being a huge debtor nation.

From The Daily Beast

Thus time alone relieves a debtor nation, so long as its population increases faster than unpaid interest accumulates on its debt.

From Project Gutenberg

Previous to 1914 we were the creditor and America the debtor nation.

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Before the war we were a debtor nation; today we are rapidly becoming, if we have not already become, a creditor nation.

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The United States up to a few years ago was also a debtor nation, and more gold was exported than was imported.

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We have paid our debts; we have become a creditor rather than a debtor nation.

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