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| acquittance |
discharge from a debt or obligation, or a formal notice of this. |
| amortize |
to pay off (a debt) by installments over a defined period of time. [1/2 definitions] |
| arrearage |
the condition of being in arrears or behind in the payment of a debt. [2 definitions] |
| arrears |
a debt that is late in being paid. [1/2 definitions] |
| behindhand |
in debt. [1/3 definitions] |
| bond |
a piece of paper issued by a person, government, or corporation, signifying debt and promising repayment and interest money. [1/6 definitions] |
| bonded |
subject to a binding promise to pay, as monetary debt. [1/3 definitions] |
| consolidation |
a merger, union, or combination, as of organizations or debt payments. [1/2 definitions] |
| cover |
of money, to be enough to pay the full amount of (a debt or charge). [1/21 definitions] |
| credit |
the right to buy things at the present time and not pay until later. Having credit often depends on one's reputation for paying one's debt. [1/7 definitions] |
| debit |
to charge with a debt, or to subtract from an amount of money that exists in an account. [1/5 definitions] |
| debtless |
combined form of debt. |
| debt of honor |
a debt incurred in gambling. |
| debtor |
a person who owes a debt to another. |
| deficiency judgment |
a judicial decision in favor of a creditor for that part of a debt not satisfied by the debtor, esp. following the foreclosure and sale of a mortgage property. |
| discharge |
to pay (a debt). [1/17 definitions] |
| distrain |
to seize and hold (property), or the property of (someone), to force payment or settlement, as of a debt, claim, rent, or the like. |
| distraint |
in law, the act of seizing and holding goods as security against a debt, as for rent, damages, or the like. |
| due |
owed to someone as a debt or because it is deserved. [1/3 definitions] |
| excuse |
to allow to be dismissed, as a debt, punishment, or the like. [1/11 definitions] |
| extinguish |
in law, to settle or discharge (a debt). [1/4 definitions] |
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