debt load

noun

: the amount of money that someone owes

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Plentiful competition and a mounting debt load forced Pan Am to sell assets such as its New York City headquarters building, built atop Grand Central Station. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026 The company’s debt load far exceeded its market capitalization, and its credit rating was sliding toward junk. Nir Eyal, Harvard Business Review, 25 Mar. 2026 Investors appeared soothed by the software firm’s across-the-board beat, amid fears about the company’s hefty debt load funding its AI buildout. Nur Hikmah Md Ali, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026 Key to that will be striking a delicate balancing act between investment and paying down its debt load of $79 billion, which is massive even by Hollywood standards. Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 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 29 Mar. 2026.

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