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noun

a debt, as in the form of bonds, having a long period of maturity.

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Origin of funded debt

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby funded debt

fundamentally, fundamental particle, fundamental sequence, fundamental star, fundamental unit, funded debt, fundholding, fundi, fundie, funding operations, fund manager

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How to use funded debt in a sentence

When the world was again at rest the funded debt of England amounted to eight hundred millions.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
That the entire funded debt of the United States was long since paid is matter of history.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents|James D. Richardson
The national banks to-day hold for this purpose about two-thirds of the total funded debt of the United States.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
The interest of the national funded debt is paid at the bank in the same kind of paper in which the taxes are collected.
The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III.|Thomas Paine

Most of the funded debt of the United States was represented by five-twenty bonds.
Campfire and Battlefield|Rossiter Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for funded debt

funded debt

noun

the part of the national debt, consisting mostly of consols, that the government has no obligation to repay by a specified date

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funded debt

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