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Definition of Debt limit
1. Noun. The maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Debt Limit
Literary usage of Debt limit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"... of the le- electors or did not receive the required gal debt limit;8 where
the question of number of votes, or where irregularities the ground, however, ..."
2. Bulletin by Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1917)
"PROVISIONS FOR EXCEEDING debt limit BY REFERENDUM. ... South Dakota also permits
cities to borrow beyond the debt limit for water works, lighting plants and ..."
3. Municipal Accounting by De Witt Carl Eggleston (1914)
"debt limit—City of New York The following statement shows the method used in
figuring the debt limit of the City of New York. This limit as allowed by law ..."
4. A History of the National Capital from Its Foundation Through the Period of by Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan (1916)
"... of the people and the legislature to borrow money had an influence with congress
in its attempting to put on the brakes by means of a funded debt limit. ..."
5. Municipal Accounting by De Witt Carl Eggleston (1914)
"debt limit—City of New York The following statement shows the method used in
figuring the debt limit of the City of New York. This limit as allowed by law ..."
6. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"... to adopt solely the basis of the county did not create any estoppel as to the
warrants. The recitals in the bonds constitutional debt-limit requirement, ..."
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