bad debt provision

noun [C] UK (US bad debt reserve)

Definition

› ACCOUNTING an amount that a company shows on its accounts to represent the money that is owed to it, and that is unlikely to be paid back: The bank announced an 87% leap in bad debt provisions relating to lending to big businesses.

(Definition of bad debt provision noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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