debt load

noun

: the amount of money that someone owes

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Trump has said the program could help the US pay off its debt load, and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has reportedly been tasked with developing the system, which could be introduced to the public as early as this spring. Meehika Barua, HubSpot, 18 Apr. 2025 What’s unclear is how it will all be paid for, since Republican deficit hawks typically require spending offsets to help defray the lost tax revenue and avoid piling onto the nation’s $36 trillion debt load. Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025 The budget analysis released Thursday presumes these policies expire, as planned, helping to improve federal tax revenues and the nation’s overall debt load. Tony Romm, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025 Recent market volatility may have contributed to the reduction, although some investors might have been turned off by growing losses and a heavy debt load. Dan Primack, Axios, 27 Mar. 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 22 Apr. 2025.

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