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debt
- pronunciation:
- det
- features:
- Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
something owed to another, such as money or services.
Your debt to the bank is now twenty thousand dollars.After a few years at the new job, he was finally able to pay off his debts.- synonyms:
- liability, obligation
- similar words:
- bill, claim, encumbrance
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| definition 2: |
an obligation to repay or recompense.
I owe a debt to you for saving my son's life.- synonyms:
- obligation
- similar words:
- responsibility
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| definition 3: |
a condition of owing, esp. more than one can repay at the present time.
His gambling soon put him deeply in debt.We are five thousand dollars in debt to the credit card company.- synonyms:
- arrears, hole, indebtedness
- similar words:
- burden
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| related words: |
arrears, obligation |
| derivation: |
debtless (adj.) |
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