debt service

American  

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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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• debt servicing
  noun

Example Sentences

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

Households’ debt service burden also remains at a fairly healthy level, slightly below 2019 levels.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Debt, White emphasizes, is “dangerous in all states of nature” — in good times, if you’ve got really big debts, interest rates go up, and the cost of debt service goes up.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 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

Declining fiscal deficits, tapering debt and debt service ratios, as well as recent efforts to increase spending on infrastructure and social services have heightened optimism over Philippine economic prospects.

From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency