debt load

noun

: the amount of money that someone owes

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To defray the lost tax revenue to the government and avoid piling onto the nation’s $36 trillion debt load, Republicans want reduce federal spending by imposing work requirements for some Americans who rely on government safety net services. Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025 That leaves the second-biggest movie cinema chain behind AMC Theatres apparently clear of the pandemic-era cliff before Regal Cineworld lightened its debt load post-bankruptcy and began riding Hollywood’s box office recovery. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025 But the Moody’s downgrade and the market suddenly grasping the roughly $4 trillion debt load Trump’s tax cuts and spending bill would pile on has brought the April anxiety back to the forefront. Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 22 May 2025 But bankruptcy theories aside, the even higher debt load and service post transaction certainly mean that Walgreens will have an even smaller margin of error in the near future. Phil Wahba, Fortune, 17 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 3 Jul. 2025.

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