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debt
[ det ]
noun
- something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:
a debt of $50.
Synonyms: , ,
- a liability or obligation to pay or render something:
My debt to her for advice is not to be discharged easily.
- the condition of being under such an obligation:
His gambling losses put him deeply in debt.
- Theology. an offense requiring reparation; a sin; a trespass.
debt
/ ɛ /
noun
- something that is owed, such as money, goods, or services
- bad debta debt that has little or no prospect of being paid
- an obligation to pay or perform something; liability
- the state of owing something, esp money, or of being under an obligation (esp in the phrases in debt, in ( someone's ) debt )
- a temporary failure to maintain the necessary supply of something
sleep debt
oxygen debt
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- l adjective
- p· noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of debt1
Idioms and Phrases
see head over heels (in debt) .Example Sentences
Jack in the Box unveiled its “Jack on Track” plan Wednesday, which aims to accelerate cash flow and pay down its debt, according to a news release.
Cantor Fitzgerald manages Tether reserves and holds a convertible debt stake, which prompted conflict-of-interest and national security concerns when Lutnick was nominated commerce secretary.
He added at the end of the financial year, debt remained "close to the annual value of the output of the economy, at levels last seen in the early 1960s".
He said you get "lawlessness" when a prison is destabilised by drugs, with drugs debts leading to violence and potentially self harm.
From job offer to debt and surgery - all within 24 hours.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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