Definition of "foreign debt" [foreign debt]

• A debt that a country, an organization in a country, or a resident individual in a country owes to those in other countries. (noun)
• An aggregate amount of such debts. (noun)

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• "The foreign debt comprehends, 1. the loan from the government of Spain; 2. the loans from the government of France, and from the Farmers General; 3. the loans negotiated in Holland, by order of Congress."
• "One track deals with how revenue from oil produced in the south is to be divided, the other on how Sudan’s $38-billion foreign debt would be shared."