bad debt

Example Sentences

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Because the stolen collateral wasn’t backed by actual ether, Aave was stuck with as much as $230 million in bad debt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

We’re both in our mid-30s and align on so many levels, except financially, since I don’t have any bad debt — I paid mine off.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 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