About The Word Debt
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Debt
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What's The Definition Of Debt?
[n] an obligation to pay or do something
[n] money or goods or services owed by one person to another [n] the state of owing something (especially money); "he is badly in debt" Synonyms | Synonyms for Debt: Related Terms | Find terms related to Debt: accountability | accountable | answerable for | arrearage | arrears | beholden | borrowing | debit | debtor | default | deficit | delinquency | due | encumbered | encumbrance | financing | hire purchase | hitting | hitting-up | hocking | in arrears | in debt | in hock | in the red | indebted | indebtedness | installment buying | installment plan | liability | liable | money-raising | mortgaging | nonpayment | obligation | owing | pawning | pledging | responsibility | responsible | sin | straitened | touching | under obligation | wickedness | wrong See Also | arrears | bad debt | debt ceiling | debt limit | financial obligation | indebtedness | installment debt | liabilities | liability | loan | national debt | obligation | principal | public debt | score Debt In Webster's Dictionary \Debt\, n. [OE. dette, F. dette, LL. debita, fr. L. debitus
owed, p. p. of debere to owe, prop., to have on loan; de- +
habere to have. See {Habit}, and cf. {Debit}, {Due}.]
1. 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.
Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier's debt.
--Shak.
When you run in debt, you give to another power over
your liberty. --Franklin.
2. A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.
``Forgive us our debts.'' --Matt. vi. 12.
3. (Law) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum
of money alleged to be due. --Burrill.
{Bond debt}, {Book debt}, etc. See under {Bond}, {Book}, etc.
{Debt of nature}, death.
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