registered debt
US (now historical )
noun
That portion of the debt assumed by the federal government from the individual states after the War of Independence which was registered with the treasury but not funded by bonds.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Alexander Hamilton (bap. 1739, d. 1802), physician and obstetrician.
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