debt burden

noun

: the amount of money that one owes

the company's large debt burden

Examples of debt burden in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The focus on those aspects of competition come amid concerns that the merger would lead to widespread layoffs as the combined company grapples with its debt burden. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 July 2026

Tokyo would still be shackled with the biggest public debt burden anywhere — as much as 260% of GDP — as the population shrinks. — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Trump has repeatedly pushed for the Federal Reserve to lower benchmark interest rates as a way to ease the debt burden. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 24 June 2026

But that was little comfort to tech investors, who are concerned that short-term inflation will increase the debt burden of mega-cap companies that have borrowed large amounts of money to fund their artificial intelligence infrastructure. — Rob Wile, NBC news, 22 June 2026

Rhymes for debt burden

• unburden
• overburden