take on

[olegv]

Can you please explain me the meaning of the last sentence. Thanks


"The 6 countries that make up the core of the Eurozone all have foreign dollar denominated claims which are well over 100% of their respective GDPs! These countries took on an amount of Dollar exposure that would take on a country's entire GDP to fund and then some."

[billmcd]

Can you please explain me the meaning of the last sentence. Thanks


"The 6 countries that make up the core of the Eurozone all have foreign dollar denominated claims which are well over 100% of their respective GDPs! These countries took on an amount of Dollar exposure that would take on a country's entire GDP to fund and then some."

took on = accepted / take on = accept