What's the difference between debt and readjuster?

Debt


Definition:

  • (n.) That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing owed; obligation; liability.
  • (n.) A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.
  • (n.) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the bars of Antwerp and the cafes of Bruges, the talk is less of Christmas markets and hot chocolate than of the rising cost of financing a national debt which stands at 100% of annual national income.
  • (2) Madrid now hopes that a growing clamour for future rescues of Europe's banks to be done directly, without money going via governments, may still allow it to avoid accepting loans that would add to an already fast-growing national debt.
  • (3) Profit for the second quarter was £27.8m before tax but the club’s astronomical debt under the Glazers’ ownership stands at £322.1m, a 6.2% decrease on the 2014 level of £343.4m.
  • (4) The government did not spell out the need for private holders of bank debt to take any losses – known as haircuts – under its plans but many analysts believe that this position is untenable.
  • (5) However, civil society groups have raised concerns about the ethics of providing ‘climate loans’ which increase the country’s debt burden.
  • (6) The pump function of the heart (oxygen debt dynamics), the anaerobic threshold (complex of gas analytical indices), and the efficacy of blood flow in lesser circulation (O2 consumption plateau) were appraised.
  • (7) In the UK, George Osborne used this to his advantage, claiming "Britain faces the disaster of having its international credit rating downgraded" even after Moody's ranked UK debt as "resilient".
  • (8) Thus, the decreased hyperemic response after arrest suggests a reduced energetic debt with CSC compared with ARC and may indicate superior myocardial protection with CSC.
  • (9) It was the ease with which minor debt could slide into a tangle of hunger and despair.
  • (10) Most (86 percent) had educational debt (mean = $20,500), and more than half of those with debt were making loan payments.
  • (11) Silvio Berlusconi's government is battling to stay in the eurozone against mounting odds – not least the country's mountain of state debt, which is the largest in the single currency area.
  • (12) However in a repeat of the current standoff over the federal budget, the conservative wing of the Republican party is threatening to exploit its leverage over raising the debt ceiling to unpick Obama's healthcare reforms.
  • (13) It would cost their own businesses hundreds of millions of pounds in transaction costs, it would blow a massive hole in their balance of payments, it would leave them having to pick up the entirety of UK debt.
  • (14) Nevertheless we know that there will remain a large number of borrowers with payday loans who are struggling to cope with their debts, and it is essential that these customers are signposted to free debt advice.
  • (15) Finally, there is that pesky matter of public debt, which is still 90% of eurozone GDP.
  • (16) The ONS said it was possible that these one-off items and a rise in tax receipts in January could bring the overall debt figure within the OBR's £80.5bn forecast.
  • (17) This causes a time lag, with money continuing to be taken until the SLC is made aware that the debt has been settled.
  • (18) Unsecured lending rose slightly during the month, with outstanding debt increasing by £331m, after contracting by £114m in April.
  • (19) He said: "Advanced economies are still confronted with high levels of public and private debt, which act as brakes on the recovery.
  • (20) Portugal's slide towards a Greek-style second bailout accelerated after its principal private lenders indicated that they were growing weary of assurances from Lisbon that it could get on top of the country's debts.

Readjuster


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State's creditors.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A comprehensive multivariate framework aimed at predicting the factors that enhance or impede readjustment after a heart attack, has been developed and empirically supported by a study among convalescents after heart attack.
  • (2) However, synaptic readjustment did occur caudal to the lesion.
  • (3) Root off- and on-shifts in cell haemolysates at 24 degrees C, produced predominantly by changing pH but with unavoidable subsequent readjustments of the CO(2)-bicarbonate buffer systems, had an initial rapid phase with half-times as low as 0.01 sec.
  • (4) Readjustment in terms of school performance was good but was less good for psychosocial development.
  • (5) However, when used for periods of 2-3 years, the reproductive system usually requires a period of a few cycles to readjust itself for proper ovulation.
  • (6) In some nephrons, readjustments of GCP occurred in response to step changes in perfusion pressure within the range of 90 to 165 mm Hg.
  • (7) During restoration of the synaptic contacts readjustment of dendritic tips occurred.
  • (8) His pencil or pastel notes, readjusts, notes again with more emphasis the advancing or receding edge of a continually moving body.
  • (9) The findings indicate that emotional reactions after a MI should be monitored during convalescence to identify patients at risk for a failure in emotional readjustment.
  • (10) The behavior at pH 9.0 reverted to the behavior at pH 4.8 when the pH was readjusted.
  • (11) We also evaluated the stability of this concentrated serum at 6 degrees C, -20 degrees C and -70 degrees C. We also verified whether readjustment of the pH of the concentrated resin-treated serum would have improved its stability at -20 degrees C.
  • (12) Serially obtained synovial fluid specimens were yellow and clear or hazy and had good mucinous precipitate quality at all times in all horses, except 2, in which the catheter required readjustment.
  • (13) ), must also involve readjustment of dynamic mobility.
  • (14) This calls probably for readjustment of the corresponding algorithm.
  • (15) Exposure of the enzyme to high pH (9-10) led to only a small loss of secondary structure and partial reactivation could be observed on readjustment of the pH to 8.0.
  • (16) Labour’s Chris Leslie said: ‘Lots of very wealthy people will be delighted with massive giveaway.’ Overseas aid budget Budget will be “readjusted”, saving £650m in 2019-20.
  • (17) It is concluded that in HTRs, because of constrained maximum HR, only work loads up to 60% of the VO2max of CTLs may be attained; also, owing to the fast readjustment of Q, up to work loads of 75 to 100 W, the rest to work transition phase is not impaired.
  • (18) Application of multivariate techniques of data analysis revealed a 'structure' highlighting the relative weight of various 'demands' in impeding readjustment, and the relative significance of the individual's self-controlled resources in coping with these demands and thus enhance readjustment.
  • (19) Exercise therapy in the morning hours resulted in the readjustment of hormonal regulation characterized by the predominance of the activity of the counterinsular systems over the insular one.
  • (20) A close correlation was shown between this synaptic readjustment and the strength of uncontrollable undulatory movements seen caudal to the lesion site following spinal cord transection.

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