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DEBT BURDEN REDUCTION [2 records]

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Record 1 2014-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Public Sector Budgeting
  • National and International Economics
CONT

... sound public finances presuppose debt burden reduction. The government is maintaining its reduction objectives with respect to the gross debt and the debt representing accumulated deficits by 2025-2026, in order to ensure economic growth and deliver quality services to Quebecers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
  • Économie nationale et internationale
CONT

[...] des finances publiques saines supposent une réduction du fardeau de la dette. Le gouvernement maintient ses objectifs de réduction de la dette brute et de la dette représentant les déficits cumulés d’ici 2025-2026, afin d’assurer la croissance économique et d’offrir aux Québécois des services publics de qualité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Accounting
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Loans
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

The payment of the interest on a debt and of such installments of the principal as are legally due. Normally, the term is used in connection with a public debt.

CONT

debt service burden, debt service reduction, debt service suspended, to lighten debt servicing.

OBS

Debt service : Officially approved by the Management Committee for the BCF (budgetary, accounting and financial) Glossary. Use of this term is mandatory in Canadian government texts.

PHR

debt servicing obligations.

PHR

to service a debt.

Key term(s)
  • servicing of debt
  • public debt service
  • service of the public debt
  • servicing of government debt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité publique
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Ensemble des sommes qu'une entreprise ou un organisme public est tenu de verser au cours d'un exercice au titre des capitaux empruntés et comprenant à la fois les intérêts et les remboursements de principal.

CONT

fardeau du service de la dette, réduction du service de la dette, service de la dette suspendu, alléger le service de la dette.

OBS

Service de la dette : terme uniformisé par le Comité de gestion du Lexique BCF (budgétaire, comptable et financier) et d'usage obligatoire dans la Fonction publique fédérale.

PHR

obligations liées au service de la dette.

PHR

assurer le service de la dette.

Key term(s)
  • service de la dette publique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad pública
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
  • Préstamos
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Pago hecho por un prestatario a un prestamista. Puede incluir uno o todos los siguientes: 1) pago de intereses; 2) reembolso del principal; y 3) comisión por compromiso.

CONT

carga del servicio de la deuda, reducción del servicio de la deuda, servicio de la deuda suspendido, aliviar el servicio de la deuda.

PHR

obligaciones relativas al servicio de la deuda.

PHR

atender el servicio de la deuda.

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