The phrase "a leading debt" is not commonly used in written English and may be unclear without context.
It could potentially be used in financial discussions to refer to a significant or primary debt obligation.
Example: "The company is struggling to manage a leading debt that has been accumulating over the years."
Alternatives: "a primary debt" or "a major debt".
A leading debt campaign group welcomed the proposals but says that more is needed.
A leading debt advice charity says it has seen a big rise in the number of clients with payday loan problems.
Self-employed workers are burdened with debt four times greater than those in full- or part-time employment, a leading debt charity has warned.
A leading debt charity expects the number of people turning to them for help over payday loan debts to double this Christmas.
A leading debt charity in Wales says the number of people turning to them for help to pay short term high interest loans has doubled compared with last Christmas, reaching nearly 30,000.
First a series of downgrades from Standard & Poor's, a leading debt-rating agency, coincided with a stand-off in the "voluntary" restructuring talks between Greece and its private bondholders.
Two of Britain's leading debt charities and a money website will today launch a petition appealing to Ms Vorderman to stop endorsing secured loans from First- Plus.
Toyota's recalls have also raised concerns at the leading debt ratings agencies.
Channel 4 maths guru Carol Vorderman was this week accused by leading debt charities and Britain's biggest money website of fuelling the country's £1 trillion debt mountain by fronting controversial "loan consolidation" television adverts.
In March, another leading debt collection company, West Asset Management, agreed to pay $2.8 million, the largest civil penalty ever levied by the F.T.C., to settle charges that its collection techniques violated the law.
I am a co-founder of Neyber but I also work as Trustee on the Board of StepChange, the UK's leading debt advice charity.
