Adjectives that collocate with DEBT (Sorted by collocation   rank)
national (90), bad (81), long-term (80), total (80), outstanding (71), net (70), sovereign (68), short-term (67), international (66), foreign (65), corporate (64), global (62), external (62), huge (62), great (58), massive (58), high (57), overall (52), public (52), gambling (51), big (50), unpaid (49), gross (49), commercial (48), large (46), mounting (46), enormous (44), substantial (33), crippling (31), serious (28), overdue (20), eurozone (1),
Last   edited Dec 10, 2011