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debt-financed

Adjective

Meaning

debt-financed (not comparable)

(economics) financed by debt
The debt-financed infrastructure project increased the national debt of the country by 5%.

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Examples

The economy has become seriously unbalanced. Its growth has not been driven by investment or by overcoming Britain's long-standing weaknesses in investment and productivity, particularly skills. Instead, there has been a binge of debt-financed consumer spending. Vince Cable

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