debt
noun [C or U] /det/Definition
1. Definition
2. Practise
B2 something, especially money, that is owed to someone else, or the state of owing something: He managed to pay off his debts in two years. The firm ran up huge debts. They are in debt to (= owe money to) the bank. He ran/got into debt (= borrowed money) after he lost his job. The company is deep in debt (= owes a lot of money). → See also indebtedBorrowing, lending and debt
(Definition of debt noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- amortize verb
- arrears noun
- be in the hole idiom
- borrow verb (RECEIVE)
- bounce verb (NOT PAY)
- building society noun
- call it quits idiom
- credit risk noun
- gearing noun
- get behind phrasal verb
- hock noun (MONEY)
- IOU noun
- liability noun (RESPONSIBILITY)
- national debt noun
- overdraft noun
- pay sth off phrasal verb
- payable adjective
- square the accounts/books idiom
- term noun (RULES)
- tick noun (PAYING LATER)
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