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Definition toxic assets in American English

toxic assets noun

noun
1

debts that a lender, such as a bank or a mortgage company, is unlikely to be able to recover because the person or company that borrowed the money cannot afford to pay it back

Example

Putting $700 bn of taxpayers' money at risk buying toxic assets from reckless banks is a difficult sell to Congress and the US public

Definition toxic assets in American English