bad loan

noun

: a loan that will not be repaid

Examples of bad loan in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The British lender posted second-quarter earnings below expectations and increased its bad loan provisions, but raised full-year guidance for its net interest margin and return on tangible equity. WSJ, 26 July 2023 Yes Bank agreed to sell 480 billion rupees ($5.9 billion) of a bad loan portfolio last month to JC Flowers’ ARC, a move Kumar said will help boost its profitability. Preeti Singh, Bloomberg.com, 7 Oct. 2022

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“Bad loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20loan. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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