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If the balance is below -$40 then this means that the debt is greater than $40 because the debt is a measure of how far away (negatively)from 0 the account is.

-$40 is $40 away from $0. A lower figure, such as -$41 is even further away from $0 ($41 away)and so represents a larger debt.

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