cost of debt

noun [S]

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› ECONOMICS, FINANCE interest and other charges a company has to pay on the amount it has borrowed in the form of bonds, etc.: The article examines whether existing business models can support the significantly higher cost of debt that exists now.

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

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