saddled with debt

saddled with debt
   If you are saddled with debt, the amount of money that you owe is a financial burden.
   

Be careful. If you buy a house that is too expensive, you could be saddled with debt for many years.


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  • saddled with — {adj. phr.} Burdened with; handicapped. * /The business was so saddled with debt that the new owner had a hard time making a go of it for a couple of years./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • saddled with — {adj. phr.} Burdened with; handicapped. * /The business was so saddled with debt that the new owner had a hard time making a go of it for a couple of years./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • saddled\ with — adj. phr. Burdened with; handicapped. The business was so saddled with debt that the new owner had a hard time making a go of it for a couple of years …   Словарь американских идиом

  • saddled with debts — completely overwhelmed with debt, overcome with debt …   English contemporary dictionary

  • debt — that which is owed. If you borrow money, buy something on credit or receive more money on an account than is owed, you have a debt. Glossary of Business Terms Funds owed by a debtor to a creditor. Outstanding debt obligations are assets for… …   Financial and business terms

  • Debt — Money borrowed. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * debt debt [det] noun 1. [countable] money that one person, organization, country etc owes to another: • The country will not receive further funds after it failed to repay debts of $16… …   Financial and business terms

  • debt — W2S2 [det] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: dette, from Latin debitum, from debere to owe ] 1.) a sum of money that a person or organization owes debt of ▪ This over ambitious strategy has saddled them with debts of around $3,000,000.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • saddle with — ˈsaddle with [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they saddle with he/she/it saddles with present participle saddling with past tense saddled with …   Useful english dictionary

  • Developing countries' debt — is external debt incurred by the governments of Third World countries, generally in quantities beyond the governments political ability to repay. Unpayable debt is a term used to describe external debt when the interest on the debt exceeds what… …   Wikipedia

  • saddle with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms saddle with : present tense I/you/we/they saddle with he/she/it saddles with present participle saddling with past tense saddled with past participle saddled with saddle someone with something to give someone… …   English dictionary

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