debt ratingnoun [ C ]
ukusECONOMICS, FINANCE a system for measuring a country's, company's, or organization's ability to pay back its debts and any interest on those debts:
cut/downgrade/lower a debt rating The group's debt rating was downgraded from A- to BBB+.
increase/upgrade/raise a debt rating They announced that the company's debt rating had been raised to 'investment grade'.
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