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It's always crude to link Dickens back to the blacking factory where he was sent to work aged 12 when his father was imprisoned in Marshalsea Prison for bad debt, but it was obviously a huge part of him.
Harry Lloyd

Meaning of "bad debt" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BAD DEBT

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WHAT DOES BAD DEBT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bad debt

A bad debt is an amount owed by a debtor that is unlikely to be paid due, for example, to a company going into liquidation. There are various technical definitions of what constitutes a bad debt, depending on accounting conventions, regulatory treatment and the institution provisioning. In the USA, bank loans with more than ninety days' arrears become "problem loans". Accounting sources advise that the full amount of a bad debt be written off to the profit and loss account or a provision for bad debts as soon as it is foreseen.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BAD DEBT

bad
bad apple
bad bank
bad blood
bad cholesterol
bad egg
Bad Ems
bad faith
Bad Godesberg
bad guy
bad hair day
bad housekeeper
Bad Lands
bad mester
bad news
bad off
bad scran to
bad seed
bad trot
bad-mannered

WORDS THAT END LIKE BAD DEBT

bt
debt
doubt
floating debt
funded debt
give someone the benefit of the doubt
misdoubt
national debt
no doubt
public debt
reasonable doubt
redoubt
self-doubt
sovereign debt
subordinated debt
unfunded debt

Synonyms and antonyms of bad debt in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «bad debt» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BAD DEBT

Find out the translation of bad debt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bad debt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bad debt» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

坏账
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

deuda incobrable
570 millions of speakers

English

bad debt
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बुरा ऋण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الديون المعدومة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

безнадежных долгов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dívida duvidosa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খারাপ ঋণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

créance douteuse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hutang lapuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

uneinbringliche Forderung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

回収不能金
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부실 채권
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Utang gedhe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nợ xấu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மோசமான கடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खराब कर्ज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kötü borç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

credito inesigibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

złych długów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безнадійних боргів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

credite neperformante
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κακό χρέος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slegte skuld
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kundförluster
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dårlig gjeld
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bad debt

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BAD DEBT»

The term «bad debt» is regularly used and occupies the 69.744 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BAD DEBT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bad debt

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2 QUOTES WITH «BAD DEBT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bad debt.
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Harry Lloyd
It's always crude to link Dickens back to the blacking factory where he was sent to work aged 12 when his father was imprisoned in Marshalsea Prison for bad debt, but it was obviously a huge part of him.
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Peter Schiff
Gold has intrinsic value. The problem with the dollar is it has no intrinsic value. And if the Federal Reserve is going to spend trillions of them to buy up all these bad mortgages and all other kinds of bad debt, the dollar is going to lose all of its value. Gold will store its value, and you'll always be able to buy more food with your gold.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BAD DEBT»

Discover the use of bad debt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bad debt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Good Debt, Bad Debt: Knowing the Difference Can Save Your ...
A lighthearted guide to debt management explains the difference between good debt and bad debt while arguing that specific forms of debt may be financially beneficial, in a volume that shares personal stories and original cartoon ...
Jon Hanson, 2006
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2013: For Preparing Your 2012 ...
5.33 • Filing Instruction Nonbusiness Bad Debt If a nonbusiness bad debt became totally worth- less in 2012, claim it as a short-term capital loss in Part I of Form 8949. Attach a statement describing the loan, your relationship to the debtor , how ...
J.K. Lasser Institute, 2012
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2011: For Preparing Your 2010 ...
Four Rules To Prove a Bad Debt Deduction • 5.34 • You pay liens filed against your property by mechanics or suppliers who have not been paid by your builder or contractor. Your payment is considered a deductible bad debt when there is no  ...
J. K. Lasser, 2010
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Banking taxation : implications of proposed revisions ...
Conversion. banks must “recapture” the bad debt reserve as taxable income,6 because the previous additions to the reserve had been allowed as tax deductions. The recaptured bad debt reserve is taxed at the corporate rate as a built-in gain.
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Working Capital Management: Strategies and Techniques
Losses. It is often claimed that the by-product of cash discount offerings may be a reduction in bad-debt losses because of the quickening of collection process. But it depends upon the risk categories of customers who accept the discount offer.
Hrishikes Bhattacharya, 2009
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The Ultimate Accountants' Reference: Including GAAP, IRS and ...
The accountant must recognize a bad debt as soon as it is reasonably certain that a loss is likely to occur, and the amount in question can be estimated with some degree of accuracy. For financial reporting purposes, the only allowable method ...
Steven M. Bragg, 2010
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From Debt to Riches: Steps to Financial Success
With simple tips and tricks, this book will help reader achieve financial success.
Phumelele Ndumo, 2011
8
Debt Free For Life: The Finish Rich Plan for Financial Freedom
Debt Free For Life will teach you the rules and give you the tools to buy back your freedom. From the Hardcover edition.
David Bach, 2010
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S Corporation Answer Book, Seventh Edition
Bad-debt expenses. Nonbusiness bad debts pass through as short-term capital losses when they are completely worthless and must be separately stated. But business bad debts do not need to be separately stated; they pass through as ...
Sydney S. Traum, Judith Rood Traum, 2008
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The Ernst & Young Tax Guide 2004
a bad debt deduction for the amount you pay to satisfy the mortgage if you cannot collect it from the purchaser. Corporate securities that become worthless are generally deductible as capital losses. This includes shares of stock, stock rights,  ...
Ernst & Young, Peter W. Bernstein, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BAD DEBT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bad debt is used in the context of the following news items.
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China bad debt manager Huarong files for Hong Kong IPO expected …
Huarong would be the second of China's four biggest bad debt ... China's bad debt management firms make money by buying soured loans ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
2
ACA causing decline in bad debt at Rideout; But no windfall …
In addition, low MediCal reimbursement rates also offset the expected savings from the reduction of bad debt and charity cases, Ghosh said. «Appeal-Democrat, Jul 15»
3
How to Prove You Paid Off an Old Debt
Can you ever really put a bad debt behind you? A reader with the screen name “Frustrated” shared their story on the Credit.com blog: We used ... «Money, Jul 15»
4
Assuring Hospital Emergency Care Without Crippling Competition
Medicare cost-sharing bad debt write-off ($5 billion/year): Compensation for unpaid Medicare cost-sharing owed to covered hospitals. «Health Affairs, Jul 15»
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The Jaw-Dropping Thing This Paper Just Said About Border Fence …
... the publication they provided $13.6 million in uncompensated care costs, including charity care, bad debt, and discounts for the uninsured. «Western Journalism, Jul 15»
6
Trade schools have to find grads jobs, or lose financial aid
Officials estimate bad debt resulting from Heald College at about $542 million. The total could climb. The Education Department estimates it ... «The Mercury, Jul 15»
7
Looking Past King v. Burwell, Five Issues Take Center Stage
... 6.4 million Americans who might have lost their tax credits and hospital chief financial officers who faced higher bad debt. It sent hospital and ... «Hospitals & Health Networks, Jul 15»
8
Financial Matters: Good debt, bad debt
If these general rules are not followed, individuals, corporations and nations end up with a large amount of unserviceable bad debt. Greece is a ... «Helena Independent Record, Jul 15»
9
Bank Listing Gives Glimpse of China's Rising Bad Debt
In its prospectus, the Bank of Jiangsu said its nonperforming loan ratio—which measures bad debt as a percentage of total loans—was 1.3% ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
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KTB maps out three strategies to keep bad debt from balloning
KRUNGTHAI BANK hopes its non-performing-loan (NPL) ratio will maintain its recent downward trend despite the fact that many of the clients ... «The Nation, Jul 15»

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