creditor nation — ➔ nation * * * creditor nation UK US noun [C] (also creditor country) ► ECONOMICS, POLITICS a country that owes less to other countries than other countries owe to it: »Asia is now a region of creditor nations, not debtors. → Compare … Financial and business terms
creditor nation — noun : a nation whose investments abroad exceed in value the investments made in it by foreign countries compare debtor nation … Useful english dictionary
creditor nation — /ˌkredɪtə neɪʃ(ə)n/ noun a country which has lent money to another. Compare debtor nation … Dictionary of banking and finance
nation — na‧tion [ˈneɪʆn] noun [countable] a country, considered especially in relation to its people and its social or economic structure: • The treaty was signed by 22 nations. • Developing nations want to be sure they re not locked into low standards… … Financial and business terms
nation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ large ▪ little, small ▪ major ▪ great, leading, powerful, strong … Collocations dictionary
creditor — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ foreign ▪ private ▪ large ▪ secured, unsecured VERB + CREDITOR ▪ … Collocations dictionary
debtor nation — UK US noun [C] (also debtor country) ► ECONOMICS, POLITICS a country that owes more to other countries than other countries owe to it: »The heavy foreign buying of U.S. securities flipped the U.S. over from creditor to debtor nation a few years… … Financial and business terms
debtor nation — noun : a nation whose debts to other countries exceed its foreign investments compare creditor nation … Useful english dictionary
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
