in hock

grateful obligated obliged

bound owing

into on a string on the arm on the cuff on the tab owe one responsible under obligation

ingrateful

appreciative beholden duty-bound grateful obligated obliged thankful

accountable answerable for bound bounden chargeable honor-bound hooked in debt liable owed owing responsible

thankless unappreciative ungrateful

paid settled

hocked pledged sold

borrowed on

arrears bill capital commitment credit damage deficit due indebtedness liability mortgage obligation price tag receipt

IOU albatross baggage bite check chit claim cuff debenture debit dues duty encumbrance invoice manifest note reckoning responsibility score tab tally voucher

arrearage bad news below the line dead horse in the hole in the red outstandings promissory note red ink

irresponsibility

asset cash excess profit

loss shortfall

arrears defalcation default deficiency dues inadequacy insufficiency lack paucity scantiness shortcoming

dead horse due bill in the hole in the red insufficience red ink underage

abundance adequacy advantage enough perfection plenty satisfaction success sufficiency

excess superfluousness

incur

lost

be beholden be bound be contracted be in arrears be in debt be indebted be into one for be obligated be under obligation behind feel bound get on credit have borrowed on the tab ought to run up a bill

pay resolve settle