debt load

noun

: the amount of money that someone owes

Examples of debt load in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Skydance and its private equity partner RedBird Capital partners, would give Paramount and influx of capital that would chip away at its considerable $14.5 billion debt load. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024 The company is racing to reduce its debt load in the face of rapidly falling prices that have increased its relative indebtedness. Jack Sidders, Fortune Europe, 12 Mar. 2024 Since early 2022, a crippling dearth of foreign currency triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Egypt’s heavy debt load has sent inflation to record highs and the value of the local currency plummeting to record lows. Nada Rashwan, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024 Yet stormy waters, muddied by low box office numbers, writer strikes, and the company’s heavy debt load could still make this a turbulent year. Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024 Fitch Ratings cited the ballooning U.S. debt load and a weakening of governance, as well as the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, as considerations in their decision. Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2024 If the debt load persists and revenue declines further, Musk will encounter an increasingly difficult position. Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2024 That means successive capital raises to offset the company’s high debt load and its ability to ride out the pandemic and the impact of the disruption in its Hollywood movie calendar due to the dual actors and writers strikes. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2024 The large debt load of WBD could make any agreement with Paramount Global more difficult. Brad Adgate, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024

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“Debt load.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debt%20load. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.

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