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That money goes to several big-ticket items including coaching salaries, debt service, facilities and athlete student aid.
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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.
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A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
One out of every six dollars the world's poorest governments received in revenue in 2024 went straight to foreigners in the form of debt service, per a new analysis from Debt Justice.
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Felix Salmon, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
Congressional Budget Office projections indicate that debt service costs next year could exceed $1 trillion.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1929, in the meaning defined above
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“Debt service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debt%20service. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
Legal Definition
debt service
noun
: the amount of interest and principal payments due annually on long-term debt
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