() the amount of money that a government needs to pay to foreign lenders every year, compared to the amount of money received from exporting goods and services 偿债比率，外债清偿率（政府偿还外债的金额占其出口收入的比例）◆The country's debt service ratio has jumped to 31%. 这个国家的外债清偿率已上升到 31 ％。
() the amount of money that a company or a person needs to pay to lenders, compared to the amount of particular types of income 债务偿还比率（公司或个人用於偿还债务的资金占其特定类型收入的比例）◆Lenders usually insist that a company maintains a certain debt service ratio or else risk penalties. 放款人通常坚持要求公司保持一定的偿债比率，否则就要对其处以风险罚款。