debt load

noun

: the amount of money that someone owes

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The chain, which competes with longtime leader AMC Theatres as well as Regal, has made market share gains of late to about 15 percent of domestic box office as AMC grapples with its debt load and Regal emerges from bankruptcy protection under new leadership. Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026 Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell offered a sobering assessment of America’s fiscal health on Monday, telling a Harvard economics class that while the nation’s $39 trillion debt load is not immediately dangerous, the path the country is on demands urgent attention from lawmakers. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026 Determine whether bankruptcy makes sense For some Social Security recipients, the debt load is simply too large to negotiate down. Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026 Plentiful competition and a mounting debt load forced Pan Am to sell assets such as its New York City headquarters building, built atop Grand Central Station. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026 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 5 Apr. 2026.

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