debt load

noun

: the amount of money that someone owes

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The closure came following its second Chapter 11 filing within a year, with the company blaming sluggish sales, inventory problems and a heavy debt load. Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025 However, the cloud company's balance sheet and debt load are under scrutiny. Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025 Still, there are concrete metrics that experts use to assess whether someone's debt load has crossed from reasonable to problematic. Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025 Its $100 billion debt load is greater than any other Big Tech company. Ben Smith, semafor.com, 15 Dec. 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 7 Jan. 2026.

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