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These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost.
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Meaning of "debt forgiveness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEBT FORGIVENESS

debt forgiveness  [det fəˈɡɪvnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEBT FORGIVENESS

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Debt forgiveness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEBT FORGIVENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

debt forgiveness

Debt relief

Debt relief is the partial or total forgiveness of debt, or the slowing or stopping of debt growth, owed by individuals, corporations, or nations. From antiquity through the 19th century, it refers to domestic debts, in particular agricultural debts and freeing of debt slaves. In the late 20th century, it came to refer primarily to Third World debt, which started exploding with the Latin American debt crisis. In the early 21st century, it is of increased applicability to individuals in developed countries, due to credit bubbles and housing bubbles.

Definition of debt forgiveness in the English dictionary

The definition of debt forgiveness in the dictionary is the action or process of forgiving people their debts.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEBT FORGIVENESS


adhesiveness
ədˈhiːsɪvnɪs
aggressiveness
əˈɡrɛsɪvnɪs
assertiveness
əˈsɜːtɪvnɪs
attentiveness
əˈtɛntɪvnɪs
attractiveness
əˈtræktɪvnɪs
competitiveness
kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnɪs
cost-effectiveness
ˌkɒstɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs
defensiveness
dɪˈfɛnsɪvnɪs
destructiveness
dɪˈstrʌktɪvnɪs
distinctiveness
dɪˈstɪŋktɪvnɪs
divisiveness
dɪˈvaɪsɪvnɪs
effectiveness
ɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs
elusiveness
ɪˈluːsɪvnɪs
impulsiveness
ɪmˈpʌlsɪvnɪs
indecisiveness
ˌɪndɪˈsaɪsɪvnɪs
possessiveness
pəˈzɛsɪvnɪs
protectiveness
prəˈtɛktɪvnɪs
receptiveness
rɪˈseptɪvnɪs
responsiveness
rɪˈspɒnsɪvnɪs
submissiveness
səbˈmɪsɪvnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEBT FORGIVENESS

debruise
Debs
debt
debt burden
debt collection agency
debt collector
debt consolidation
debt counsellor
debt crisis
debt of honour
debt relief
debt repayment
debt rescheduling
debt swap
debt-laden
debt-ridden
debted
debtee
debtless
debtor

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEBT FORGIVENESS

activeness
appropriateness
awareness
awesomeness
blueness
brand awareness
business
closeness
completeness
conciseness
cuteness
doneness
explosiveness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness
whiteness
wholeness

Synonyms and antonyms of debt forgiveness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «debt forgiveness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEBT FORGIVENESS

Find out the translation of debt forgiveness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of debt forgiveness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «debt forgiveness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

债务减免
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

condonación de la deuda
570 millions of speakers

English

debt forgiveness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कर्ज माफी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الإعفاء من الديون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прощение долга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perdão da dívida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঋণ ক্ষমা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

annulation de la dette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengampunan hutang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schuldenerlass
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

債務免除
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부채 탕감
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pangapuran utang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xóa nợ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடன் மன்னிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्ज माफी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Borç affı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cancellazione del debito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

darowanie długu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прощення боргу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

iertarea datoriei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άφεση του χρέους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skuld vergifnis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skuldavskrivning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjeldsettergivelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of debt forgiveness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEBT FORGIVENESS»

The term «debt forgiveness» is regularly used and occupies the 70.519 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEBT FORGIVENESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about debt forgiveness

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QUOTES WITH «DEBT FORGIVENESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word debt forgiveness.
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Norm Dicks
These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEBT FORGIVENESS»

Discover the use of debt forgiveness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to debt forgiveness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Grants and Debt Forgiveness in Africa: A Descriptive Analysis
Also, we concentrate on the potential trade off existing between pure grants and bilateral ODA debt forgiveness, and we limit our analysis to the SPA countries, mainly because of data availability. The analysis is carried out, first, by comparing  ...
Leonardo Hernández, Saori N. Katada, 1996
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Global Monitoring Report 2007: Millenium Development Goals : ...
A surge in debt forgiveness grants beginning in 2002 has drawn attention to their treatment in ODA statistics. The table below shows the amount (in nominal terms) of debt forgiveness grants provided in recent years. These grants (measured in ...
World Bank Publications, 2007
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OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms
Debt forgiveness occurs when a government creditor entity in one economy formally agrees - via a contractual arrangement - with a debtor entity in another to forgive (extinguish) all, or part, of the obligation of the debtor entity to the creditor,  ...
OECD, 2008
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Balance of Payments Manual
A2.6 A debt reorganization package may involve more than one of the types mentioned above; for example, most debt reorganization packages involving debt forgiveness also result in a rescheduling of the part of the debt that is not forgiven ...
International Monetary Fund, 2010
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Africa Development Indicators 2007: Spreading and Sustaining ...
A surge in debt forgiveness grants beginning in 2002 has drawn attention to their treatment in official development assistance (ODA) statistics. These grants from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's Development ...
‎2007
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Developing Country Debt and Economic Performance, Volume 1: ...
7.5.2 Disadvantages of Debt Forgiveness From the point of view of the world as a whole, the main disadvantage of debt forgiveness is the moral hazard problem: If countries that ran up excessive debt levels in the past are able to get the debt ...
Jeffrey D. Sachs, 2007
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Public Sector Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users
4.31 A debt reorganization package may involve more than one of the types mentioned above; for example, most debt reorganization packages involving debt forgiveness also result in a rescheduling of the part of the debt that is not forgiven or ...
International Monetary Fund, 2011
8
Forgiveness and Love
He was not speaking as an actor in a play. The words are not indirect speech as in 'I bet you would love for me to say “I forgive you the debt you owe me”', etc. The application of the qualities of debt forgiveness to other occasions of forgiving ...
Glen Pettigrove, 2012
9
Political Forgiveness
The most compelling answer, I believe, is the one offered above: namely, creditors see vicarious debt forgiveness as legitimate because they too receive benefits. To some degree, they are better off with this kind of practice than without it.
Peter Digeser, 2001
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Can the Poor Influence Policy?: Participatory Poverty ...
Debt forgiveness 17.34 In the DAC statistics debt forgiveness is a similar but different concept from that used in BPM5. Unlike BPM5, only relief implemented for the purpose of promoting the development or welfare of the recipient qualifies as ...
Caroline M. Robb, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEBT FORGIVENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term debt forgiveness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Debt forgiveness should be Greece's parting gift
Thomas Piketty, the French economist whose book "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" took the world by storm last year, is back in the ... «San Diego Source, Jul 15»
2
Greek And German Debt: Fair To Compare?
But is it fair to compare Germany's post-World War II debt forgiveness to Greece's current situation? Timothy Guinnane, a professor of economic history at Yale ... «New Hampshire Public Radio, Jul 15»
3
Greek leader seeks new bailout aid amid scramble to avert bankruptcy
... a reference to contentious Greek demands for some form of debt forgiveness, a stipulation still opposed by some creditor nations in Europe. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
Deflation and You-know-who
Eduardo Porter has an excellent piece on a forgotten chapter in German history — the big debt forgiveness of 1953. If Greece had received that ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
5
Let German Comics Explain The Absurdity Of Austerity In Greece
Europe was founded on debt forgiveness and investment in the future. Not on the idea of endless penance. We need to remember this." ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Cutting Greece Loose Might Be a Win-Win
... its demand for higher spending and debt forgiveness. The actual thrust of that document is much more nuanced. To be sure, the IMF reports, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
7
Daily Agenda: Panic in Chinese Stock Markets Ensues
A key issue in any further negotiations between Brussels and Athens is whether to introduce debt forgiveness immediately or only after Greece ... «Institutional Investor, Jul 15»
8
COLUMN - Should Greek debt be forgiven?
Sir Hilary Beckles (current vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies) called for debt forgiveness for the region and urged the ... «Barbados Today, Jul 15»
9
Greece fallout keeps tensions high
... be a deal to allow Greek banks and the economy to be revived while the creditors work behind the scenes on some type of debt forgiveness, ... «CNBC, Jul 15»
10
Thomas Piketty accuses Germany of forgetting history as it lectures …
It was in the 1950s, he notes, that Germany benefited from a massive — and, in those days, surprisingly common -- round of debt forgiveness ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

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