(law, finance) A debt to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased or insolvent person.

plural of oxygen debt

(finance) Being or relating to a financial transaction that writes off a portion of a developing nation's foreign debt in exchange for local investments in environmental conservation.

plural of nonfinancial debt

plural of acquisition debt

plural of sovereign debt

(US, set phrase) An obligation, especially a gambling debt based on a verbal promise, which is not legally enforceable but which is considered to be secured by the debtor's moral integrity.

(international law) The national debt incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the best interests of the nation, and thus considered to be a personal debt of the regime and not a debt of the state.

plural of odious debt

The cumulative effect of not getting enough sleep, especially as seen as able to be made up for by sleeping more than usual.