Examples of bad debt in a Sentence
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The decrease was attributed to bad debt expense resulting from a lease renegotiation with a tenant.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2025
If bad debt piles up abroad, the Chinese government will have fewer tools to work out a solution.
—Bushra Bataineh, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2018
The wealthy leverage good debt to acquire assets that grow in value, like real estate and businesses, while avoiding bad debt, such as high-interest credit cards.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
As financial advisors will tell you, not all debt is bad debt.
—Mallika Mitra, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
In 2023, in addition to giving $57.8 million to patients through its charity care program, Mayo Clinic also wrote off almost $90 million of patients’ unpaid bills as bad debt, according to the health system’s tax filings.
—Dené K. Dryden, Twin Cities, 20 Feb. 2025
The improvement is attributed to gains from asset sales and lower bad debt expenses.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2025
Investment returns will increase and the growth of bad debt decline.
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 June 2023
Avoid bad debt and focus on acquiring assets to preserve your wealth.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2025
If bad debt piles up abroad, the Chinese government will have fewer tools to work out a solution.
—Bushra Bataineh, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2018
The wealthy leverage good debt to acquire assets that grow in value, like real estate and businesses, while avoiding bad debt, such as high-interest credit cards.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
As financial advisors will tell you, not all debt is bad debt.
—Mallika Mitra, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
In 2023, in addition to giving $57.8 million to patients through its charity care program, Mayo Clinic also wrote off almost $90 million of patients’ unpaid bills as bad debt, according to the health system’s tax filings.
—Dené K. Dryden, Twin Cities, 20 Feb. 2025
The improvement is attributed to gains from asset sales and lower bad debt expenses.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2025
Investment returns will increase and the growth of bad debt decline.
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 June 2023
Avoid bad debt and focus on acquiring assets to preserve your wealth.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Bad debt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20debt. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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