Term: national debt: the debt of the national government (as distinguished from the debts of individuals and businesses and political subdivisions)
Candidate hypernym: debt: money or goods or services owed by one person to another → 1
Candidate hypernym: recusancy: refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England → 0
Candidate hypernym: gauntlet: a glove with long sleeve → 0
Candidate hypernym: lapin: the fur of a rabbit → 0
Candidate hypernym: saw set: a tool used to bend each alternate sawtooth at a slight angle outward → 0
Candidate hypernym: petcock: regulator consisting of a small cock or faucet or valve for letting out air or releasing compression or draining → 0
Candidate hypernym: felt: a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers → 0
Candidate hypernym: column: any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body → 0
Candidate hypernym: bowfin: primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: absolutism: the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government → 0
Candidate hypernym: albanian: the Indo-European language spoken by the people of Albania → 0