debt relief
1Debt relief — is the partial or total forgiveness of debt, or the slowing or stopping of debt growth, owed by individuals, corporations, or nations. From antiquity through the 19th century, it refers to domestic debts, in particular agricultural debts and… …
2debt relief — UK US noun [uncountable] the practice of letting poor countries not pay back what they owe to rich countries Thesaurus: government programmes and policieshyponym …
3Debt relief — Reducing the principal and/or interest payments on LDC loans. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * debt relief debt relief ➔ relief * * * debt relief UK US noun [U] ► ECONOMICS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY the situation when a foreign country is …
4debt relief — Reducing the principal and/or interest payments on less developed country loans. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * debt relief debt relief ➔ relief * * * debt relief UK US noun [U] ► ECONOMICS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY the situation when a… …
5debt relief agency — Any person who provides any bankruptcy assistance to an assisted person in return for the payment of money or other valuable consideration. Does not include nonprofit organizations, creditors of assisted persons, depository institutions, or… …
6debt relief agency — Any person or company including lawyers and bankruptcy petition preparers, but excluding banks, nonprofits, and government agencies that provides advices, information, counsel, document preparation, or other services to a person who is… …
7debt relief — debt re.lief n [U] an arrangement in which very poor countries do not have to pay back all the money that has been lent to them by richer countries …
8debt relief — debt re,lief noun uncount the practice of letting poor countries not pay back what they owe to rich countries …
9Debt Relief Order — Chapter 4 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 introduced Debt Relief Orders as a new form of bankruptcy in the United Kingdom. A DRO will be a simplified, quicker and cheaper alternative to bankruptcy in the United Kingdom, suitable… …
10debt relief — UK / US noun [uncountable] the practice of letting poor countries not pay back what they owe to rich countries …