debt

Noun

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

loan obligation liability indebtedness arrears financial obligation dane due loss fall account bill chit junco charge
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Antonyms

benjamin jack saki galaxy treasury Charlemagne
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Hypernyms

obligation liability liabilities indebtedness financial obligation

Hyponyms

score principal loan arrears public debt national debt

Related terms

debit debtor indebted debitor

Phrases with the word

in debt in someone's debt debt slave debt slavery pay nature's debt pay one's debt to society

Examples

It 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

Close letter words and terms

debruise debruised Debs debt accumulation debt bondage debt burden