debt-saddled
111beholden — Synonyms and related words: acknowledging, appreciative, beholden to, bound, bounden, bounden to, cognizant of, committed, crediting, duty bound, grateful, in debt, in duty bound, indebted, indebted to, much obliged, obligate, obligated, obliged …
112saddle — sad|dle1 [ sædl ] noun count * 1. ) a leather seat that you put on a horse s back when you ride it 2. ) the seat on a bicycle or MOTORCYCLE be in the saddle 1. ) INFORMAL to have control of something: I d like to assure people the government is… …
113Introduction — When Burma (Myanmar) achieved independence from British colonial rule in 1948, many observers viewed it with its high standards of education and abundant natural resources as one of the Asian countries most likely to achieve economic… …
114ˈsaddle sb with sth — phrasal verb to give someone something that is difficult or unpleasant to deal with The company was saddled with a huge debt last year.[/ex] …
115Iceslave Bill — Mordant nickname for the proposed $5 billion “Icesave Bill” – legislation that would commit Iceland to compensating the UK and the Netherlands for the banking failures of 2008. Iceland’s President Olafur Grimsson has forced a national referendum… …
116Bankruptcy Tourism — Moving to a country with more lenient insolvency laws in order to clear one’s debts. Writing for The Times of London, Helen Nugent reported on an increase in the number of foreigners seeking to declare themselves bankrupt in England: Among the… …
