Term: public debt: the total of the nation's debts: debts of local and state and national governments; an indicator of how much public spending is financed by borrowing instead of taxation
Candidate hypernym: debt: money or goods or services owed by one person to another → 1
Candidate hypernym: tagalog: the language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based → 0
Candidate hypernym: hearing: a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken → 0
Candidate hypernym: chabad: a form of Hasidism practiced by Lithuanian and Russian Jews under communist rule; the beliefs and practices of the Lubavitch movement → 0
Candidate hypernym: diagonal: an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard → 0
Candidate hypernym: night raven: any bird that cries at night → 0
Candidate hypernym: thatch: plant stalks used as roofing material → 0
Candidate hypernym: fatherhood: the status of a religious leader → 0
Candidate hypernym: workhorse: a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor → 0
Candidate hypernym: personal check: a check drawn against funds deposited in your personal checking account → 0
Candidate hypernym: arboriculture: the cultivation of tree for the production of timber → 0