indebtednessn.
/ɪnˈdɛtɪdnɪs/ 1.
a. The condition of being indebted or in debt.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun]
debtc1290
owinga1500
debtorship1797
indebtedness1828
1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. ii. vi. §2. 307 The indebtedness of the proprietors in the flourishing cantons of Zurich ‘borders on the incredible’.
1861 G. J. Goschen Theory Foreign Exchanges 9 It is above all things necessary to form a clear view of what is meant by international indebtedness.
b. The extent to which one is indebted; the sum owed; the actual debt.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > amount of
indebtedness1862
1862 G. A. Sala Ship-chandler (L.) Perhaps..this vast sum is in payment of Master Edward's indebtedness.
1867 Times 4 June The indebtedness of the bankrupt amounted to £1,382.
1889 Times (Weekly ed.) 27 Dec. 5/4 The indebtedness of the Municipal Corporation of Belfast is only £777,733.
2. The condition of being under obligation for services, etc., rendered.
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > [noun] > debt of gratitude
obligement1611
endearment1628
obligation1632
indebtment1646
indebtedness1647
obligedness1656
fealty1867
on1946
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. Ep. Ded. sig. A iij a To professe my deep indebtednesse unto You, for Your many fatherly favours.
1893 R. S. Ball Story of Sun 26 I am glad to acknowledge my indebtedness to these papers.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 9 The indebtedness which all African travellers have to the white residents in Africa.
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