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Glossary
Banking
Cost of Debt
The effective interest rate a company pays on its debts, after blending all sources of credit lines and funding. The cost of debt can refer to before-tax cost of debt, which is the company\'s cost of debt before taking taxes into account. A true cost of debt will adjust the gross cost of debt by taking into account tax deductibility of interest payments to get the after-tax cost of debt.