debt load

noun

: the amount of money that someone owes

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Estimated to come with a debt load of $78 billion and obvious overlaps in roles and departments, the melding of the two iconic studios under one corporate umbrella is widely assumed to come with deep deep job cuts. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 May 2026 Explore debt relief if the numbers don't work If $15,000 represents just part of a larger debt load, or if your income genuinely can't support aggressive repayment, your other debt relief options are generally worth examining. Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026 More mandatory spending plus less revenue plus soaring interest costs on a hefty preexisting debt load add up to a big problem. Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026 The chain, which competes with longtime leader AMC Theatres as well as Regal, has made market share gains of late to about 15 percent of domestic box office as AMC grapples with its debt load and Regal emerges from bankruptcy protection under new leadership. Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026 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 5 May. 2026.

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