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What does bad debt mean?

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Noun
  1. (business, accounting) A debt which cannot be recovered from the debtor, either because the debtor lacks the money to pay or because the debtor cannot be found and/or forced to pay.
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Credit unions are more open to serious bad debt problems than other financial institutions.
Under Government supervision, banks will set guidelines to deal with financially crippled borrowers and get rid of their bad debt.
Canada did not turn a blind eye to its lending institutions as they passed around bad debt like a hot potato.
That's one reason the industry is stepping up efforts to manage the bad debt.
Although analysts are bullish on the banks, it would be all too easy for bad debt jitters to blot their copy books.
He also warned against taking the company's bad debt provisions at face value.

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