debt burden

noun

: the amount of money that one owes
the company's large debt burden

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Declining sales, rising costs and a large debt burden of approximately US$300 million have threatened Hooters’ long-term outlook. Dawn Szymanski, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2025 France is struggling to reduce an excessive annual budget deficit of 5% of GDP, after running up its total debt burden to 112% of GDP with spending on relief for businesses and consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic and the energy crisis that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. TIME, 6 Mar. 2025 The price surge had the salutary effect of easing the government’s debt burden, and the nation’s budget went into surplus for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis. Dylan Matthews, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025 With this meeting, the United States could get concessions, like helping the United States to devalue the dollar to improve manufacturing competitiveness and reducing America's debt burden. Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for debt burden

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“Debt burden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debt%20burden. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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