Magda  +  275474 Tue, 03 Oct 06 12:42 AM Hi, could you tell me what does "to draw debts" mean? Thank you Magda Joined on Sat, Sep 9 2006 Full Member 445

	Marius Hancu  +  275482 Tue, 03 Oct 06 01:10 AM Is this in finances or in poker? draw: to take money from a place of deposit to draw debt probably: to take money (say a loan from a bank) and thus accumulate debt Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673

	Grammar Geek  +  275502 Tue, 03 Oct 06 03:22 AM Magda, can you give us the whole sentence, please? This isn't phrasing that I"m familiar with, and I have some knowledge of U.S. financial terms.  Perhaps it's British, but I'd like to see the whole thing. Thanks, Barb Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,681 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Magda  +  275597 Tue, 03 Oct 06 10:02 AM Hi Barbara, here are the sentences: "Many multinationals will draw down debts and make new acquisitions." "No landlord should use you to collect rent or draw debts, because I know that is what is rampant today." Best regards Magda Magda

	Inchoateknowledge  +  275602 Tue, 03 Oct 06 10:33 AM Hej pa dig, "We help international businessmen draw debts owed them by their cutomers especially when such erred cutomers are in Africa"   draw debts = collect it Inchoateknowledge Joined on Wed, May 3 2006 Senior Member 2,549 Beep! Beep! :)

	Grammar Geek  +  275706 Tue, 03 Oct 06 04:13 PM I believe that "draw DOWN debts" means to pay off your debts. That will have a very different meaning from simply "draw debts." Grammar Geek

	Magda  +  275740 Tue, 03 Oct 06 05:51 PM I see. And what is the actual meaning of "down debts"? How "debts" are different from "down debts"?  Magda