floating debt

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noun

short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills

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Words nearby floating debt

float glass, floating, floating assets, floating cartilage, floating charge, floating debt, floating dock, floating exchange rate, floating foundation, floating gang, floating heart

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Example sentences from the Web for floating debt

He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.
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The last time there was a raid of this scale was in 2001, when 52 men were arrested on Queen Boat, a floating disco on the Nile.
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Big discounts and cheap credit keep them coming back for more; and keep millions in perpetual debt.
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Not exactly a happy quotation over a nature background like some of the images floating around in the blogosphere!
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After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.
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The fire crackled around the Dutch ovens, and the odor of coffee came floating by.
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It was like a dream of beauty suspended in the air before you—floating there—and you didn't want to disturb it.
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It is painful to add, that the latter years of his life were passed in prison, where he was confined for debt.
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It sent gold to Paris as fast as it could be shipped and insured, and so seems to have liquidated its debt.
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