debt load

noun

: the amount of money that someone owes

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Audacy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year, in a bid to slash its debt load. Todd Spangler, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025 Steven Cherniak, Cohen Brothers’ chief operating officer, said that the firm is up-to-date on loan payments for buildings that carry more than half that $1.1 billion debt load. Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 Similarly, Chicago has long routinely ranked among the worst in the nation in debt load per capita. Dana Levenson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025 The two companies had been in merger talks since at least 2022, even before Spirit filed for bankruptcy due to prolonged periods of financial losses and a substantial debt load. Reuters, CNN, 12 Feb. 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 18 Mar. 2025.

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