adebtthat isunlikelyto bepaid:Provision fordoubtfuldebtsiscalculatedondebtors’balancesaftereliminationofbaddebts.(Definition ofdoubtful debtfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdoubtful debt
doubtful debtWhen such a dispute occurs it is prudent to add this debt or portion thereof to thedoubtfuldebtreserve.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The first part will be adoubtfuldebtof about ￡650 million to ￡700 million.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The revenue cannot stop trading with someone it regards as being adoubtfuldebtin the way that a trader can.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Banks are entitled to a tax deduction for the proportion ofdoubtfuldebtwhich is estimated to be irrecoverable.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0But he went on to say that, of this total, ￡650 million to ￡700 million were (and these were his words) "a verydoubtfuldebt".From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Tax law allows relief fordoubtfuldebtup to the amount estimated to be bad.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Relief remains available for bad anddoubtfuldebt.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The remission therefore of the outstanding tax balance affects in their case something which would to a certain extent—to an incalculable extent—be adoubtfuldebtin the future.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Provision for bad and doubtful debts are maintained.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The second largest is doubtful debts being written down in the 1974 account.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These 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/doubtful-debt##
