FINANCE→debt-equity swap:He used adebtswaptobuya 30%stakein theprivatizedtelephonecompany.(Definition ofdebt swapfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdebt swap
debt swapStation's filing came in response to a lawsuit filed by an individual bondholder challenging the gaming company'sdebtswapand prepackaged bankruptcy proposal.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, it may be as much concerned with debt redemption, ordebtswapas it is termed, as with trees.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Privatization of formerly state-owned industries through debt swaps also negatively affected construction as prices for basic materials such as cement increased and credit tightened.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Debt swaps are not an efficient way of providing development resources to poor countries, nor are they effective in tackling unsustainable debt.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It consists of what are called, "debt swaps for development" and works in this wise.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Joint ventures and debt swaps are both additional relaxations, and there is evidence that they are working.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/debt-swap##
