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debt service

American

noun

the amount set aside annually in a fund to pay the interest and the part of the principal due on a debt.

Other Word Forms

debt servicing noun

Example Sentences

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According to the foundation, more than 60 countries are paying more in debt service than on health and education.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

Of the $62 million in debt service payments the public had to make each year, $50 million had been coming from USAir, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported in 2003.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

So Japan needs money for defense, stimulus, currency support and debt service — all at once.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

It predicts that by 2030, the average cost of debt service will equal growth rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

The government also implemented a Five-Year Plan covering 1986-90 to restructure the economy and reschedule external debt service payments in cooperation with the International Development Association and Western lenders.

From The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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