funded debt

American  

noun

1. a debt, as in the form of bonds, having a long period of maturity.

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funded debt British  

noun

1. the part of the national debt, consisting mostly of consols, that the government has no obligation to repay by a specified date

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Etymology

Origin of funded debt

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

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

With a capital stock of $59,000,000 and a funded debt of $21,000,000, the express companies performed express operations bringing in an annual revenue of $223,000,000.

From The Express Companies of the United States A Study of a Public Utility by Benedict, Bert