Debt Load

The most sphincter-tightening two-syllable phrase in business: debt load. (Other nominees: tax lien, court date, and bankrupt.)

The term "debt load" represents a way of describing the amount of debt a person or company is carrying. It's the total amount of money they owe, adding up all the loans, credit cards, mortgages, etc.

If the load it light, life is free and easy; if it's heavy, you go Greek.

What? Greece is bankrupt by dint of having taken on too much of a load of debt.