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Definition of Public debt
1. Noun. The total of the nation's debts: debts of local and state and national governments; an indicator of how much public spending is financed by borrowing instead of taxation.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Public Debt
Literary usage of Public debt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1915)
"Moneys and securities which had previously been specifically dedicated to the
payment of the public debt of Virginia must be taken into account in ..."
2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1912)
"Canal debt; decrease of revenues upon the public works does not impair ability
of fund comrs. to meet the Interest on public debt; deficiency in revenues ..."
3. Public Debts: An Essay in the Science of Finance by Henry Carter Adams (1887)
"PEACE MANAGEMENT OF A public debt. THERE can be no controversy ... A public debt
comes to be of general convenience when of such form and character as to ..."
4. Public Debts: An Essay in the Science of Finance by Henry Carter Adams (1887)
"PEACE MANAGEMENT OF A public debt. THERE can be no controversy respecting the
... A public debt comes to be of general convenience when of such form and ..."
5. Public Debts: An Essay in the Science of Finance by Henry Carter Adams (1887)
"PEACE MANAGEMENT OF A public debt. THERE can be no controversy respecting the
... A public debt conies to be of general convenience when of such form and ..."
6. Public Debts: An Essay in the Science of Finance by Henry Carter Adams (1890)
"PEACE MANAGEMENT OF A public debt. THERE can be no controversy respecting the
purpose that should control the management of a public debt in time of peace. ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... first, the existence of a money market where capital can be obtained in exchange
for the promises to pay in the future which constitute a public debt. ..."
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