national debt

noun

: the total amount of money that the government of a country owes to companies, countries, etc.

Examples of national debt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But Congress is also under strong pressure to avoid dramatically increasing the national debt, and members are having trouble figuring out how to pay for the tax extensions, let alone any new features. —David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2025

Revenue generated by sales of the Trump card would be used to pay down the national debt, Trump said. —Molly Bohannon, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025

Continue reading … ‘WHEELS ARE COMING OFF’ – GOP rep urges lawmakers to ‘right-size’ bloated bureaucracy, national debt. —FOXNews.com, 5 May 2025

Also, sources have pointed out that any major funding initiative using taxpayer dollars would contradict the administration’s rhetoric on trimming the fat from the federal budget and bringing down the national debt. —Katie Campione, Deadline, 2 May 2025

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