debt load

noun

: the amount of money that someone owes

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The authorities’ response to two back-to-back crises in recent years has also contributed to the country’s debt load. Ana Nicolaci Da Costa, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025 But in the meantime, the big acquisitions left Oxy with a much greater debt load, especially going into the pandemic in 2020. Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025 Does a huge new debt load make things better? Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 The chipmaker emerged from Chapter 11, reducing its debt load by roughly 70% through restructuring. Jason Gewirtz,adrian Van Hauwermeiren, CNBC, 30 Sep. 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 Oct. 2025.

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