megadebt

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noun

An enormous debt

OriginEnglish debt ← Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs) ← Proto-Hellenic *mégas →
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Meanings

nounmegadebt (countable and uncountable, plural megadebts)

plural megadebts

  1. countableuncountableAn enormous debt

    For a nation that values its children, folks are awfully complacent about saddling their kids with megadebt.

    1995 December 27, Debra Saunders, “Clinton, not GOP, deserves public's scorn”, in Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mégas
  3. Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
  4. Englishmega-
  5. Englishdebt
  6. Englishmegadebt

From mega- + debt.

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APA

megadebt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megadebt

MLA

“megadebt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megadebt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “megadebt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megadebt.

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