Installment debt refers to any loan that is repaid by the borrower in periodic (usually monthly) installments that include principal and ...

Sovereign debt refers to the amount of money a country owes to the holders of its government ...

Unsubordinated debt refers to loans and debt securities (e.g., bonds, CDs, collateralized securities, etc.) for which the repayment priority outranks ...

Net debt is a company's total debt less cash on ...

External debt, otherwise known as "foreign debt," is the component of total debt held by creditors of foreign countries, i.e. non-residents of the debtor's ...

Debt load is the total amount of debt that a company has on its balance sheet. All publicly traded companies must file financial statements, including balance sheets, every ...

In the event of a borrower’s bankruptcy, junior debt is debt that is repaid after the obligations to senior lenders or creditors have been fulfilled. Usually, it also has no ...

Senior debt is debt that is first to be repaid, ahead of all other lenders or creditors, in the event of a borrower’s ...

Acquisition debt is money that is borrowed in order to purchase a company or asset. A leveraged buyout (LBO) is a method of acquiring a company with money that is nearly all ...

Subordinated debt is any outstanding loan that, should the borrowing company fail, it will be repaid only after all other debt and loans have been settled. It is the opposite ...

Cancellation of debt occurs when a lender tells a borrower that he or she no longer must repay a ...

Long-term debt is debt due in one year or more. It is a key item that appears on a company's balance ...