How to Use debt service in a Sentence

debt service

noun
  • Once the debt service is paid off, the tax falls off.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • When landlords are unable to debt service their loans.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The price is too high and requires debt service payments that extend too far and impose too much risk.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • The price is too high and requires debt service payments that extend too far and impose too much risk.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The price was too high and requires debt service payments that extend too far and impose too much risk.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Local funds also tend to make up the majority of debt service funds for the schools.
    — Neal Franklin, Dallas Morning News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • South Elgin must also pledge to raise rates to match the debt service, according to the memo.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This squeezed out spending until that caused debt service problems and spending constraints.
    — Ray Dalio, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Forgiving debt can free up resources that would otherwise go toward debt service.
    — Arif Husain, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Carriers with the largest volume incur the greatest debt service.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
  • That cap would not include new construction and would contain exceptions for debt service and school funding.
    — Marissa Payne, Des Moines Register, 14 Jan. 2026
  • As tax revenues increased, debt service costs (which remained stable) became less and less burdensome.
    — Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Property taxes paid to the city are used to support the general fund and debt service fund of the city, according to the city budget.
    — Neal Franklin, Dallas Morning News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Higher ratings free up money for core infrastructure instead of debt service.
    — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • Annual debt service costs $1 trillion.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Burgos gripes that this measurement excludes landlords’ debt service on their properties.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Sri Lanka is seeking to obtain $17 billion in debt service relief.
    — ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Having no security pledge on the bonds would very likely ratchet up the cost of debt service payments, Marlowe said.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Shrinking margins, debt service challenges and lack of accountability were all front and center.
    — Louis Mosca, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Model debt service under different interest rate paths.
    — Meelan Gupta, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Holding cash reserves equal to three to six months of debt service buys time during shocks while also improving negotiating leverage with lenders.
    — Meelan Gupta, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The toll increases will be used to repay the debt service under Act 44, which assists funding statewide road maintenance.
    — Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • All told, debt service is claiming an ever-greater share of the dollars America has promised to spend on benefits for future generations.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Those funds are not all directed towards football, and part of that increase reflects a jump in cost of living and scholarship costs, plus facility debt service covered by the school.
    — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Trump wrote late last month on Truth Social in reference to debt service payments, again encouraging Powell to lower rates.
    — Tobias Burns, The Hill, 14 July 2025
  • The proposal includes a 2% cap on revenue growth for local governments, not including new construction, school funding or debt service.
    — Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But the gains have been far too small to cover the county’s debt service and other funding obligations, generating an annual loss of around $15 million.
    — J.c. Bradbury, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Bloomberg reported that revenue from the property covered just 21% of Hackman’s debt service costs on the property as of last June.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The limit does not apply to debt service, which is treated separately to protect bondholders and maintain fiscal stability.
    — Martha E. Stark, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The Unified Government is not obligated to make debt service payments on the bonds, according to board documents.
    — Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2026

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