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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Servitude resulting from inability to pay debts. Translation: péonage. The word péon appeared in French before 1880 as a borrowing from Spanish. Petit Robert (p. 1397) gives "paysan pauvre (qui n’a pas de cheval); the notion of poverty can be captured in one term.  1, record 1, English, - debt%20peonage

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A syntagma that uses the noun debt and the derivative peonage (peon, noun, borrowing from Spanish; -age, combining form). The term refers to the poor agricultural workers of Brazil who are semi-slaves of the landowners.  1, record 1, English, - debt%20peonage

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As late as 1960, millions of workers were subject to so-called debt peonage: forced to buy food and other necessities from their employers at prices that exceeded their wages, they remained in penury forever.  2, record 1, English, - debt%20peonage

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

This social neologism is a pleonasm, since the accepted meaning of peonage incorporates the notion of semi-slavery due to inability to pay debts. Random House gives for peonage : 2. The practice of holding persons in servitude or partial slavery, as to work off a debt.(p. 1677). Debt peonage, therefore, will join free gift among the many pleonasms in our language.  1, record 1, English, - debt%20peonage

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The right of the debtor to pay off part or all of the debt without penalty prior to maturity, such as in a mortgage or agreement of sale.  1, record 2, English, - prepayment%20privilege

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Grants reduce the probability of poor countries experiencing debt distress. As we are seeing in the cases of Niger and Ethiopia, countries’ debt levels remain at unsustainable levels, despite HIPC [Heavily Indebted Poor Countries] debt relief and additional "topping-up" assistance. Grants free up scarce public resources, which would otherwise have been used to pay off outstanding loan commitments. These resources can be used to fund the kind of productive investments... such as infrastructure improvements and agricultural programs, which contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction.  2, record 3, English, - topping%2Dup%20debt%20relief

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT

On April 20th Ethiopia finally reached Completion Point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and received ’topping-up’ debt relief.  1, record 3, English, - topping%2Dup%20debt%20relief

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Pour les pays qui ont atteint le point d'achèvement, mais continuent d'être surendettés en raison de facteurs exogènes, la communauté internationale peut envisager d'accorder un allègement de dette complémentaire («topping-up») à titre exceptionnel, au-delà du montant engagé au point de décision.  5, record 3, French, - all%C3%A8gement%20de%20dette%20compl%C3%A9mentaire

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Si le cours des produits de base qu'il exporte a baissé depuis le calcul de l'allègement de la dette, un pays peut obtenir un «complément» d'allègement de la dette au «point d'achèvement», comme cela a récemment été le cas du Burkina Faso.  2, record 3, French, - all%C3%A8gement%20de%20dette%20compl%C3%A9mentaire

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allègement : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).  4, record 3, French, - all%C3%A8gement%20de%20dette%20compl%C3%A9mentaire

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A clause in a mortgage loan entitling the debtor to pay off all or part of the mortgage debt before payment becomes due.  3, record 4, English, - prepayment%20clause

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Article du contrat hypothécaire spécifiant quand et comment les paiements par anticipation peuvent être effectués.  1, record 4, French, - option%20de%20paiement%20par%20anticipation

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Negative amortization occurs when regular loan payments do not meet or exceed the value of the interest on the principal. Therefore, even though the individual is making payments, the debt increases over time. New payments are then recalculated based on the higher debt, including the accumulated interest and it becomes difficult for the individual to pay off his debt.  1, record 5, English, - negative%20amortization%20of%20interest

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

L'amortissement négatif se produit lorsque les paiements réguliers ne sont pas égaux ou supérieurs au montant de l'intérêt couru sur le principal. Par conséquent, même si l'emprunteur effectue ses paiements, la dette augmente avec le temps. Les nouveaux paiements sont recalculés en fonction de la dette plus élevée, comprenant les intérêts accumulés, et il devient alors difficile pour l'emprunteur de rembourser sa dette.  1, record 5, French, - amortissement%20n%C3%A9gatif%20sur%20les%20int%C3%A9r%C3%AAts

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

to pay off(as a debt) : liquidate.  2, record 6, English, - sink

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

un emprunt.  1, record 6, French, - amortir

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish