assumed debt

assumed debt
assumed debt UK US noun [C or U] (also assumed liabilities [plural])
ACCOUNTING, FINANCE debt that a company agrees to take responsibility for when it buys another company: »

They acquired the newspaper group for $4 billion in cash and assumed debt to boost their US presence.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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