debtor nation

Cultural  

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

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Example Sentences

Instead, the IMF's top debtor nation with a long history of defaults would only seek to manage existing debt with the global lender, Facundo Martinez Maino said, as Argentina's economy suffers a severe economic slump marked by triple-digit inflation and the steady deterioration of its local peso currency.

From Reuters

As interior minister of a weak debtor nation, Mr. Salvini had done what Britain’s euroskeptics can only dream of: smack down France and split the German establishment against itself.

From The Wall Street Journal

We entered that war a massive industrial power, but second ranked in terms of finance and trade and as a debtor nation to Europe.

From New York Times

Clinton says that one reason the U.S. is a debtor nation is that Trump has not paid any federal income tax.

From New York Times

Yet Trump left himself open to barbs from Clinton – her quip about the U.S. being a debtor nation because Trump hadn't paid income taxes in many years drew applause from an audience that had been admonished to stay quiet.

From US News