Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• BAD DEBT RESERVE
  
  a reserve account maintained by thrift institutions and used to offset losses from foreclosed or uncollectable loans. Within certain guidelines, contributions to the bad debt reserve are deductible from the institution's taxable income. The deduction is known as the bad debt deduction.
  
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