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clean balance sheet

 
 
noun [C] FINANCE

Definition

if a company has a clean balance sheet, it has very little or no debt: When interest rates rise, companies that don't have clean balance sheets face higher borrowing costs.
(Definition of clean balance sheet noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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