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debt service

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noun

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


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Fitch also noted Argentina’s foreign currency debt service has stepped up and will rise further in 2027 ahead of elections.

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

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

The government agreed to defer debt service payments for five years—worth $182 million—in exchange for a 5% stake in the company.

From Barron's Nov. 5, 2025

By 1993 the Moroccan     authorities hope to be in a position to meet all debt service obligations     without additional rescheduling.

From The 1992 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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