Debt

Definition of Debt

n.

1.

That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing owed; obligation; liability.

Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier's debt.

- Shak.

When you run in debt, you give to another power over your liberty.

- Franklin.

2.

A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.

3.

(Law) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.

Bond debt
etc. See under Bond, Book, etc.

Debt of nature
death.

Related Words

accountability, accountable, answerable for, arrearage, arrears, beholden, borrowing, debit, debtor, default, deficit, delinquency, due, encumbered, encumbrance, financing, hire purchase, hitting, hitting-up, hocking, in arrears, in debt, in hock, in the red, indebted, indebtedness, installment buying, installment plan, liable, money-raising, mortgaging, nonpayment, obligation, owing, pawning, pledging, responsibility, responsible, sin, straitened, touching, under obligation, wickedness, wrong

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