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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024debt /dɛt/USA pronunciation n. - something that is owed or that one should pay to another:[countable]We owe him a great debt of gratitude for his help.
- an obligation to pay or perform something:[uncountable]He was in debt to the amount of $200,000.
deb•tor, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024debt (det),USA pronunciation n. - something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:a debt of $50.
- a liability or obligation to pay or render something:My debt to her for advice is not to be discharged easily.
- the condition of being under such an obligation:His gambling losses put him deeply in debt.
- Religion[Theol.]an offense requiring reparation;
a sin;
a trespass.
- Latin dēbita (neuter plural, taken in Vulgar Latin as feminine singular), noun, nominal use of dēbitus, past participle of dēbēre to owe, contraction of *dēhabēre, equivalent. to dē- de- + habēre to have, possess
- Old French
- Middle English dette 1175–1225
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged obligation, duty, due.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: debt /dɛt/ n - something that is owed, such as money, goods, or services
- bad debt ⇒ a debt that has little or no prospect of being paid
- an obligation to pay or perform something; liability
- the state of owing something, esp money, or of being under an obligation (esp in the phrases in debt, in (someone's) debt)
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French dette, from Latin dēbitum, from dēbēre to owe, from de- + habēre to have; English spelling influenced by the Latin etymon |