indenture (plural indentures) (law) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice). (law) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract. An indentation. (Can we add an example for this sense?) Translations
What is an 'Interest Expense'. The cost incurred by an entity for borrowed funds. Interest expense is a non-operating expense shown on the income statement. It represents interest payable on any type of borrowings â bonds, loans, convertible debt or lines of credit. It is basically calculated as the interest rate times the outstanding principal amount of the debt. Interest expense on the income statement represents interest accrued during the period covered by the financial statements, and not the amount of interest actually paid over that period.
Interest expense is included on the company's income statement, and represents the interest accrued during a certain time period, not necessarily the interest the company actually paid. The simplest way to calculate interest expense is to multiply a company's debt by the average interest rate on its debts. If a company has $100 million in debt at an average interest rate of 5%, its interest expense would be $100 million multiplied by 0.05, or $5 million. Net Income.