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debtor nation

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


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Other experts said the Tolchins confronted important issues, such as the country’s transformation from creditor to a debtor nation.

From Washington Post ● May 19, 2016

No wonder we have become the world’s leading debtor nation.

From Forbes ● Jan. 2, 2015

"So in effect you've already got Turkmenistan being a debtor nation to China - and that puts the Chinese in a very strong position."

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2014

The realization was that it didn’t matter if the U.S. was the biggest surplus or biggest debtor nation.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2012

No debtor nation should feel aggrieved with a creditor nation: rather it should rejoice that it has attracted the services of foreign capital.

From The World Decision by Robert Herrick

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