| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deficit |
| Synonyms: | debit, debt, liability, obligation, responsibility |
| Main Entry: | bankruptcy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability to pay debts |
| Synonyms: | Chapter 11, defalcation, default, destituteness, destitution, disaster, exhaustion, failure, indebtedness, indigence, insolvency, lack, liquidation, loss, nonpayment, overdraft, pauperism, privation, repudiation, ruin, ruination |
| Antonyms: | richness, solvency, wealth |
| Main Entry: | debt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money owed to others |
| Synonyms: | IOU, albatross, arrearage, arrears, bad news, baggage, below the line, bill, bite*, capital, check, chit, claim, commitment, credit, cuff, damage*, dead horse, debenture, debit, deficit, due, dues, duty, encumbrance, in hock, in the hole, in the red, indebtedness, invoice, liability, manifest, mortgage, note, obligation, outstandings, price tag, promissory note, receipt, reckoning, red ink, responsibility, score, tab, tally, voucher |
| Antonyms: | asset, cash, credit, excess, profit |
| Main Entry: | embarrassment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humiliation, shame |
| Synonyms: | awkward situation, awkwardness, bashfulness, bind, boo boo, chagrin, clumsiness, complexity, confusion, destitution, difficulty, dilemma, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, distress, egg on face, faux pas, fix, hitch, hot seat, hot water, impecuniosity, indebtedness, indiscretion, inhibition, mess, mistake, mortification, pickle, pinch, plight, poverty, predicament, puzzle, quandary, scrape, self-consciousness, shyness, snag, stew, strait, tangle, timidity, unease, uneasiness |
| Antonyms: | comfort, confidence |
| Main Entry: | gratitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appreciation |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, appreciativeness, grace, gratefulness, honor, indebtedness, obligation, praise, recognition, requital, response, responsiveness, sense of obligation, thankfulness, thanks, thanksgiving |
| Antonyms: | ingratitude, thanklessness |
| Main Entry: | liability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | answerability, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | accountability, accountableness, amenability, amenableness, arrearage, blame, burden, compulsion, culpability, debt, duty, indebtedness, obligation, onus, owing, subjection, susceptibility |
| Antonyms: | irresponsibility, unaccountability |
| Main Entry: | liability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden, debt |
| Synonyms: | IOU, account, arrear, arrearage, bad news, baggage, balance, bite*, chance, chit, contingency, contract, damage, debit, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, due*, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, indebtedness, indebtment, involvement, lease, loan, millstone, minus, misfortune, mortgage, nuisance, obligation, onus, pledge, possibility, remainder, responsibility, tab |
| Antonyms: | asset |
| Main Entry: | debit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entry |
| Synonyms: | account, accounts, amount due, arrears, bills, charge, collectible, debt, deficit, indebtedness, liability, obligation |
| Antonyms: | credit, settlement, tally |
| Main Entry: | arrearage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debt |
| Synonyms: | arrearages, arrears, balance due, indebtedness, liability, obligation, outstanding debt, unpaid bill, unpaid debt |