debt load

noun

: the amount of money that someone owes

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Belk filed for and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2021 within 24 hours, cutting its debt load by about $450 million. Charlotte Observer, 16 July 2025 As concerning as the U.S. debt load is becoming for bond markets and some finance titans (and the few fiscal hawks left in Washington), most Americans have more urgent concerns, said David Winston, a Republican pollster who has been surveying voters for more than 25 years. David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025 The low debt load affords financial flexibility for growth investments and fulfilling contracts. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025 When the pandemic hit in 2020, the now 136-year-old department store was facing a $2 billion debt load and declining store sales. Charlotte Observer, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for debt load

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“Debt load.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debt%20load. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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