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How to say informal debt, loan-shark debt
in Thai
หนี้นอกระบบ
nîi-nâawk-rá-bòp
informal debt, loan-shark debt
nîi fallingnâawk fallingrá highbòp low
Literally "debt outside the system": cash loans at very high daily interest from unlicensed lenders.
- Part of speech
- noun
In a sentence
- อย่าไปกู้หนี้นอกระบบนะ ดอกโหดมากyàa bpai gûu nîi-nâawk-rá-bòp ná dàawk-hòot mâakDon't borrow from loan sharks, the interest is brutal.
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Household debt and instalment life
From the same situation: Economy and money talk
- เงินเฟ้อinflation
- เงินฝืดdeflation
- ข้าวของthings, goods (everyday prices)
- ราคาน้ำมันfuel price, oil price
- กำลังซื้อpurchasing power, spending power
- การบริโภคconsumption
- ปรับขึ้นto raise, adjust upwards (prices, rates)
- ปรับลดto cut, adjust downwards
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