noun
loss on a credit sale; bad debt from credit sales
Business term for a loss incurred when a customer fails to pay for goods or services sold on credit. Often used in accounting or financial contexts.
掛け倒れが増えると、会社の資金繰りが苦しくなる。
When losses on credit sales increase, the company's cash flow becomes tight.
この掛け倒れは貸倒引当金で処理する。
This bad debt from credit sales is handled with the allowance for doubtful accounts.
Compound of 掛け (kake, 'credit') and 倒れ (daore, 'collapse, failure'), literally meaning 'credit collapse'. The term is used in business to describe a loss from unpaid credit sales.