debt service

noun

: the amount of interest and sinking fund payments due annually on long-term debt

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The second measure – Proposition O – asks for approval to increase the debt service levy by 30 cents to issue general obligation bonds for $128 million. Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025 The filing also details various financial agreements, including a waiver from the company's lender for not meeting the debt service coverage ratio as of June 30, 2024. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024 That money goes to several big-ticket items including coaching salaries, debt service, facilities and athlete student aid. Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2025 Aside from dips between 2028 and 2030, there will be $24 million to $57 million in property tax revenues left each year after making debt service payments, according to city figures through 2034. A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for debt service 

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of debt service was in 1929

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“Debt service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debt%20service. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.

Legal Definition

debt service

noun
: the amount of interest and principal payments due annually on long-term debt
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