debt load

noun

: the amount of money that someone owes

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To be sure, the last few years have been more challenging, with Gucci rapidly losing momentum — and Kering’s debt load swelling after an acquisition spree that included Creed, Maui Jim, a 30 percent stake in Valentino, and large chunks of prime real estate. Miles Socha, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025 The company’s stock has lost nearly half of its value since, due in part to volatile LNG prices and a heavy debt load, but cofounders Pender and Sabel, who own a roughly 84% stake combined, are still comfortably rich enough to make the 400. Thomas Gallagher, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 In Macron's France, there is real turmoil in the country's parliament over how to fix the massive debt load. Simon Constable, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025 As the auction house has cut costs and shed staff, its holding company, which is controlled by Drahi, has extracted more than a billion dollars in dividends from the business—mainly to manage its debt load. Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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