The country's mounting debt forced its government to implement strict austerity measures.
该国不断增加的债务迫使政府实施严格的紧缩措施。
The economist's argument unfolds through a series of simplified hypothetical households, each one adding a single new variable—savings rate, then debt level, then access to credit—to isolate how each factor individually affects a household's response to an interest rate change.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “debt”?
D — Something owed. “debt” means something owed.
Which word means “something owed”?
A — debt. “debt” means something owed.
debt — something owed. In Chinese: 债务.
debt is pronounced /det/.
The country's mounting debt forced its government to implement strict austerity measures. (该国不断增加的债务迫使政府实施严格的紧缩措施。)
obligation, liability, arrears — all close in meaning to debt (something owed).
credit, asset — each the opposite of debt (something owed).
Yes. debt is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
debt (debt)