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DEBT CEILING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does debt ceiling mean? 

DEBT CEILING (noun)
  The noun DEBT CEILING has 1 sense:

1. the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entityplay

  Familiarity information: DEBT CEILING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEBT CEILING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

debt ceiling; debt limit

Hypernyms ("debt ceiling" is a kind of...):

debt (money or goods or services owed by one person to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "debt ceiling"):

national debt ceiling (a limit set by Congress beyond which the national debt cannot rise; periodically raised by Congress)


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