debt load

noun

: the amount of money that someone owes

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The move reflected growing alarm over deepening political dysfunction and the country’s expanding debt load. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025 The nation’s debt load, at $36 trillion, is ballooning. Lisa Mascaro and Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025 Trump has said the program could help the US pay off its debt load, and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has reportedly been tasked with developing the system, which could be introduced to the public as early as this spring. Meehika Barua, HubSpot, 18 Apr. 2025 What’s unclear is how it will all be paid for, since Republican deficit hawks typically require spending offsets to help defray the lost tax revenue and avoid piling onto the nation’s $36 trillion debt load. Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 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 21 May. 2025.

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