单词 | debt |
释义 | debt (dĕt) n. 1. Something owed, such as money, goods, or services: used the proceeds to pay off her debts; a debt of gratitude. 2. An obligation or liability to pay or render something to someone else: students burdened with debt. 3. The condition of owing: a young family always in debt. 4. 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. 5. A moral or legal obligation to make reparations or undergo punishment for committing an offense: a criminal repaying his debt to society. [Middle English dette, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *dēbita, pl. of Latin dēbitum, debt, neuter past participle of dēbēre, to owe; see ghabh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] debtless adj. |
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