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Businesses may allocate those leftover funds toward growing their operations or paying down their debt, among other uses.
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Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Those uses include paying for current public spending (deficit reduction) and paying down past spending (debt reduction).
—Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
EchoStar will use proceeds from the spectrum deals to pay down some of its $25 billion debt load.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
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Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Those uses include paying for current public spending (deficit reduction) and paying down past spending (debt reduction).
—Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
EchoStar will use proceeds from the spectrum deals to pay down some of its $25 billion debt load.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Pay down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20down. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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