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Finance Dictionary and Glossary of Investment Terms
National debt
Definition 1.
Treasury bills, notes, bonds, and other debt obligations that constitute the debt owed by the federal government.
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Definition 2.
The sum of all previously incurred annual federal deficits. Since the deficits are financed by government borrowing, national debt is equal to all government debt outstanding.
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