[, ] () the debts that a company has that another company agrees to be responsible for paying when it buys the first company承担债务（一家公司购买另一家公司时同意承付另一家公司的债务）◆They bought the business for $2.9bn in cash and $2.3bn in assumed debt.他们用 29 亿元现金购买这公司，并用 23 亿元承担这公司的债务。