debt load

noun

: the amount of money that someone owes

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Still, there are concrete metrics that experts use to assess whether someone's debt load has crossed from reasonable to problematic. Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025 Its $100 billion debt load is greater than any other Big Tech company. Ben Smith, semafor.com, 15 Dec. 2025 Research has shown that financial stress and debt load are leading to an increase in students dropping out of college. Shannon Pickett, The Conversation, 2 Dec. 2025 Wall Street does have concerns about Oracle's balance sheet and debt load as a source of AI investment financing. Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 16 Nov. 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 22 Dec. 2025.

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