bad debt
Example Sentences
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With returns falling, the same machinery increasingly funds unproductive projects and rolls over bad debt rather than generating new wealth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The Virginia-headquartered bank late Tuesday set aside $4.07 billion to cover estimated expenses from bad debt, compared with expectations of $3.77 billion, according to data compiled by the London Stock Exchange Group.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
The responding NHS trusts invoiced a total of £223m for such treatments over the five-year period, but £112m was subsequently written off as bad debt.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024
I had some lingering bad debt that I’d been transferring between credit cards for years.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
Will also took over a bicycle-and-tool shop for a bad debt.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
