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the amount set aside annually in a fund to pay the interest and the part of the principal due on a debt

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Usage examples (32)
  • Household debt-service ratio is at an all-time high.
  • A 30 percent debt-service ratio is termed "unmanageable."
  • Thus today's debt-service burdens of 20 to 25% on poor countries are extreme.
  • This, in turn, will free up some debt-service payments to be used on other things.
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