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debt
 [det] 
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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Concept: | Debt. |
| Category: | 4. Monetary Relations |
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-nouns
-verbs
be in debt; owe; incur a debt, contract a debt; run up a bill, run up a score, run up an account; go on tick; borrow; run into debt, get into debt, outrun the constable., answer for, go bail for.
-adjectives
indebted; liable, chargeable, answerable for., in debt, in embarassed circumstances, in difficulties; incumbered, involved; involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over head and ears in debt; deeply involved; fast tied up; insolvent (not paying); minus, out of pocket., unpaid; unrequited, unrewarded; owing, due, in arrear, outstanding.
-phrases
aes alienum debitorem leve gravius inimicum facit [Latin]; "neither a borrower nor a lender be" [Hamlet].
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| Antonyms: | credit |
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