debt load

noun

: the amount of money that someone owes

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Other reports have also found a higher debt load under the Senate bill. Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 3 July 2025 What is interesting is not how gargantuan the world’s debt load has become, but how few people care. Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025 Moody's Ratings downgraded U.S. credit last month, citing among its reasons the mounting concerns about the nation's increasing debt load and interest payments. Alain Sherter, CBS News, 11 June 2025 As of the close of the first quarter, WBD’s debt load was $37.4 billion—down from $55 billion at the time of the Warner-Discovery merger. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 June 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 15 Jul. 2025.

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