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acknowledgement of debt

(plural acknowledgements of debt) (also acknowledgment of debt)
 
 
noun [C] (abbreviation AOD) LAW

Definition

an official document in which someone states that they owe a particular amount of money to someone: When signing an acknowledgement of debt for consumed gas, the customer will be charged late payment interest until the last payment is made.
(Definition of acknowledgement of debt noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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