funded debt
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of funded debt
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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It had about $3.4 billion in funded debt obligations.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 14, 2026
At the same time, the company faced “mounting funded debt and lease obligations,” the filing said, and these factors all “snowballed into a liquidity crisis.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Bankruptcy Court, Joann said it had received about $132 million in new financing and expected to reduce its balance sheet’s funded debt by about $505 million.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
The company owns approximately $4 billion in funded debt, while making roughly $200 million in annual interest payments, according to Rite Aid financials, which has led to an unstable capital structure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
The interest of the national funded debt is paid at the bank in the same kind of paper in which the taxes are collected.
From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Thomas Paine
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