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toxic debt

toxic debt noun: debt that is acquired through normal financial transactions which later proves to have little or no actual value.

Noun

toxic debt (countable and uncountable, plural toxic debts)

  1. Debt that is acquired through normal financial transactions which later proves to have little or no actual value.
    • This means the providers of the funds are basically swapping good, solid cash for potentially toxic debt.2005 February 15, Anthony Hilton, “Debt Game's Winners and Losers”, in Evening Standard

Forms of toxic debt

pluraltoxic debts

Questions about toxic debt

What does toxic debt mean?
Toxic debt means debt that is acquired through normal financial transactions which later proves to have little or no actual value.
What part of speech is toxic debt?
Toxic debt is a noun.
What is the plural of toxic debt?
The plural of toxic debt is toxic debts.

Words near toxic debt in the dictionary

  1. toxi-
  2. toxic
  3. toxic anterior segment syndrome
  4. toxic asset
  5. toxic assets
  6. toxic debt
  7. toxic debts
  8. toxic femininity
  9. toxic hellstew
  10. toxic hellstews
  11. toxic masculinity

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