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• COST OF DEBT RATIO (AVERAGE COST OF DEBT RATIO)
  
  Despite the different variations used for this term (cost of debt, cost of debt ratio, average cost of debt ratio, etc) the term normally and simply refers to the interest expense over a given period as a percentage of the average outstanding debt over the same period, ie., cost of interest divided by average outstanding debt.
  
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