debt burden

noun

: the amount of money that one owes
the company's large debt burden

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With this meeting, the United States could get concessions, like helping the United States to devalue the dollar to improve manufacturing competitiveness and reducing America's debt burden. Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025 Imagine a financial instrument that could reduce the Treasury’s debt burden by hundreds of billions of dollars while giving investors risk-free exposure to the best-performing commodity of the last decade. Sam Lyman, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025 That means refinancing debt already on the books, extending the repayment schedule and plugging budget holes while hiking the debt burden on future taxpayers. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025 Shahar Ziv The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program was designed to alleviate the student debt burden for professionals committed to public service. Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for debt burden

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“Debt burden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debt%20burden. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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