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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a substantive debt" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing financial obligations or significant liabilities that have legal or moral weight.
Example: "The company is struggling to manage a substantive debt that has accumulated over the past few years."
Alternatives: "a significant debt" or "a considerable debt".
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But TomTom faces the same smart phone cannibalization dilemma as well as a substantive debt load after the Tele Atlas acquisition.
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The details of the third bailout are yet to be finalised but the IMF appears to be challenging Greece's other creditors, led by Germany, to soften their opposition to substantive debt relief.
It will ask for a substantive haircut of the debt to make it viable – at the start of the crisis the debt was 120% of GDP, after four years of austerity it stands at 175% – and will peg repayment of the rest on economic growth.
Fitch said the deal could pave the way for a "substantive, long-term" deal to lower America's debts in the long term.
The group appeared to be talking strategy about how they should respond to a tentative Senate deal to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling without addressing Obamacare in a substantive way, according to sources who witnessed the gathering.
It's by no means bulletproof; there are lots of moving parts to these arguments, and the fact that we've had debt bubbles in periods of low inequality is a substantive challenge to their hypothesis.
A substantive disagreement.
She declined requests for a substantive interview.
But Robin then adds a substantive component.
There is a substantive point here.
A vote on whether a matter is procedural or substantive is itself a substantive question.
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