utang na loobn.
/ˌuːtaŋ nə ˈləʊb/, /ˌuːtaŋ nə ˈlɒb/, /ˌuːtaŋ nə ləˈəʊb/, /ˌuːtaŋ nə ləˈɒb/, U.S. /ˌ(j)uˌtæŋ nə ˈloʊb/, /ˌ(j)uˌtæŋ nə ˈlɔb/, /ˌ(j)uˌtæŋ nə ləˈoʊb/, /ˌ(j)uˌtæŋ nə ləˈɔb/, Philippine English /ˈuˌtɑŋ ˌnɑ ˌloˈob/ Philippine English.
A sense of obligation to return a favour owed to someone.
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1906 Outlook 20 Jan. 144/1 The idea of gratitude is conveyed by the phrase utang na loob—literally, debt of the heart.]
1961 Southwestern Jrnl. Anthropol. 17 256 Serious conversations, oftentimes with strong emotional overtones, almost inevitably turn on the concept of utang na loob.
1986 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. 31 Oct. f7/1 A young man will have utang na loob for whoever helps find his first job, even if he never liked that person.
1993 Asian Affairs 20 177 A gift that creates utang na loob must satisfy a need that the recipient cannot himself satisfy.
2004 R. F. Manlove in G. A. De Vos & E. S. De Vos Cross-cultural Dimensions in Conscious Thought II. xiii. 426 If a poor man is given money or a job, he presumably has utang na loob for his benefactor.
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n.1961- recruiting expenses
- recruiting market
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- recruiting schooner
- recruiting sergeant
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- recruiting station
- recruitment
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