Meaning of debt | Babel Free

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1. debt (an obligation to perform for another)
2. An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
   countable, uncountable
3. debt (the state of owing something to another)
4. The state or condition of owing something to another.
   countable, uncountable
5. what one person owes to another. His debts amount to over $3,000; a debt of gratitude. skuld دَيْن дълг dívida dluh die Schuld gæld; skyld χρέοςdeuda võlg بدهی؛ قرض velka detteחוב उधार, ऋण dug adósság utang skuld debito 借金 채무 skola parāds hutang schuldgjelddług پور: دپور اخستلوشرايط، ګناه، وبال dívida datorie долг dlh dolg dug skuld ภาวะที่เป็นหนี้ borç 債 борг قرض nợ 债
6. debt (money that someone owes to another)
7. Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
   countable, uncountable
8. a person who owes a debt. skuldenaar, debiteur مَدين، مَدْيون длъжник devedor dlužník der Schuldner skyldner; debitor οφειλέτηςdeudor võlgnik مدیون؛ بدهکار velallinen débiteur/-trice בַּעַל חוֹב देनदार dužnik adós peminjam skuldunautur debitore, debitrice 借り主 채무자 skolininkas parādnieks penghutang schuldenaarskyldner, debitordłużnik پوروړى devedor debi­­tor должник dlžník, -čka dolžnik dužnik gäldenär, debitor ลูกหนี้ borcu olan kimse, borçlu 債務人 боржник, дебітор قرضدار con nợ 债务人
9. An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due
   countable, uncountable
10. owing money. in die skuld wees مَدين، مَدْيون задлъжнял em dívida zadlužený Schulden haben stå i gæld til nogen χρεωμένος en deuda võlgades بدهی؛ قرض velkainen endetté חיב, חייב देनदार biti zadužen, dugovati novac el van adósodva berutang í skuld in debito 借金をして 빚진 skolingas parādā berhutang in de schulden forgjeldet, nedsunket i gjeld w długach پور em dívida îndatorat в долгах dlžný zadolžen dužan i skuld, skuldsatt เป็นหนี้ borçlu, borç içinde 欠債 в боргах جس کے ذمے کسی کی رقم ہو mắc nợ 欠债
11. deuda.
12. Something owed, such as money, goods, or services: used the proceeds to pay off her debts; a debt of gratitude.
13. An obligation or liability to pay or render something to someone else: students burdened with debt.
14. The condition of owing: a young family always in debt.
15. Financial instruments, such as bonds, mortgages, and loans, that represent a claim to payment and rights of creditorship: invested in government debt; a company issuing debt.
16. A moral or legal obligation to make reparations or undergo punishment for committing an offense: a criminal repaying his debt to society.
17. something that is owed, such as money, goods, or services

Equivalents

Examples

“Revenge the jeering and disdain'd contempt / Of this proud king, who studies day and night / To answer all the debt he owes to you / Even with the bloody payment of your deaths.”

“This long debt of confidence, due from me to him, whose bane and ruin I have been, shall at length be paid.”

“I am in your debt.”

“The petty ſtreames that paie a dailie det / To their ſalt ſoveraigne with their freſh fals haſt, / Adde to his flowe, but alter not his taſt.”

“Hey! Wait! I've got a new complaint / Forever in debt to your priceless advice”

“Bolsheviki had repudiated the four-billion-dollar debt which the government of the Tsar had contracted with the bankers.”

“Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.”

“I don't own any stocks or bonds. All my money is tied up in debt.”

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