debt ceiling

English

Alternative forms

debt-ceiling

Noun

debt ceiling (plural debt ceilings)

(politics, economics) The limit up to which an entity (usually a government) is legally allowed to borrow.

Related terms

fiscal cliff

Translations

limit

Chinese:
Mandarin: 債務上限／债务上限 (zhàiwù shàngxiàn), 债务上限 (zhàiwù shàngxiàn)
Finnish: velkakatto
French: please add this translation if you can
German: Schuldengrenze f, Schuldenobergrenze f
Hungarian: adósságplafon

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