Noun
That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing owed; obligation; liability.
A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.
An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound. Ambrose
Science does not know its debt to imagination. Ralph Waldo Emerson
There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. Henrik Ibsen
An old debt is better than an old grudge. Jamaican Proverb
There is a great uproar made about the debt of a poor man. Hindi Proverb
An agreement is a kind of debt. Moroccan Proverb