theamountofdebtthat aperson,company, orcountryhas,especiallyinrelationtotheirabilitytopayit back:carry/cut/reduceadebtloada crushing/heavy/high debt loadConsumers arecarryingheavydebtloadsandfacingskimpywageincreases.Comparedebt burden(Definition ofdebt loadfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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debt loadAfter stabilizing financially and reducing itsdebtload, the company became a target for acquisition.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In 2009, the company brought in new investors to reduce itsdebtloadby approximately $600 million.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By the early 1990s this aggressive expansion plan led to a massivedebtloadand serious financial difficulties.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A lender will compare the person's total monthly income and total monthlydebtload.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Eventually, they were carrying too heavy adebtload, and the general economy just turned around on them.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Loans of various types (e.g., mortgage, credit card, and auto) were easy to obtain and consumers assumed an unprecedenteddebtload.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The buyout would prove troubling, burdened by a heavydebtload.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A largedebtloadwhich was assumed in the 1980s, a common practice at the time, did not help.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This throws the top network brass into a state of panic because the company'sdebtloadhas made merger essential for survival.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, within two years the company was unable to support itsdebtloadand filed for bankruptcy protection.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/debt-load##
