71.   Brazil has managed to cut spending and create a small budget surplus before interest is paid on government debt.

72.   A bad loan is defined as one given to a borrower that subsequently went bankrupt or one in which no interest has been paid in at least six months.

73.   A balloon payment means that until that point the borrower has, essentially, only paid interest on the loan, and not the principal.

74.   A bad loan is defined as one given to a borrower that subsequently went bankrupt or one in which no interest has been paid for at least six months.

75.   A bond that raises principal in one currency but pays interest in another, known as a reverse dual-currency bond, is a byproduct of swaps.

76.   A dual currency bond pays interest in one currency and principal in another.

77.   A lower rating generally means that a bond issuer must pay higher interest.

78.   According to federal law, the government does not pay interest on underpayments, and seniors would not owe interest on overpayments by the government, Smallfield said.

79.   Advocates say the state would profit from a windfall of federal money that now goes to pay interest on a massive government debt.

80.   Advertising dried up, and his company was struggling to pay interest on its debt.