'Debt' definitions:
Definition of 'debt'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of owing something (especially money); "he is badly in debt"
noun
Money or goods or services owed by one person to another
noun
An obligation to pay or do something
Definition of 'Debt'
From: GCIDE
- Debt \Debt\, n. [OE. dette, F. dette, LL. debita, fr. L. debitus owed, p. p. of debere to owe, prop., to have on loan; de- + habere to have. See Habit, and cf. Debit, Due.]
- 1. That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing owed; obligation; liability. [1913 Webster]
- Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier's debt. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- When you run in debt, you give to another power over your liberty. --Franklin. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass. "Forgive us our debts." --Matt. vi. 12. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- Bond debt, Book debt, etc. See under Bond, Book, etc.
- Debt of nature, death. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'debt'
From: Easton
- Debt The Mosaic law encouraged the practice of lending (Deut. 15:7; Ps. 37:26; Matt. 5:42); but it forbade the exaction of interest except from foreigners. Usury was strongly condemned (Prov. 28:8; Ezek. 18:8, 13, 17; 22:12; Ps. 15:5). On the Sabbatical year all pecuniary obligations were cancelled (Deut. 15:1-11). These regulations prevented the accumulation of debt.
Synonyms of 'debt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accountability,
- accountable,
- answerable for,
- arrearage,
- arrears,
- beholden,
- borrowing,
- debit,
- debtor,
- default,
- deficit,
- delinquency,
- due,
- encumbered,
- encumbrance,
- financing,
- hire purchase,
- hitting,
- hitting-up,
- hocking,
- in arrears,
- in debt,
- in hock,
- in the red,
- indebted,
- indebtedness,
- installment buying,
- installment plan,
- liability,
- liable,
- money-raising,
- mortgaging,
- nonpayment,
- obligation,
- owing,
- pawning,
- pledging,
- responsibility,
- responsible,
- sin,
- straitened,
- touching,
- under obligation,
- wickedness,
- wrong
Words containing 'Debt'
- Debted,
- Bond debt,
- Book debt,
- Confidential debts,
- Debt of honor,
- Debt of nature,
- Debt of record,
- Judgment debt,
- Play debt,
- Priority of debts,
- Privileged debts,
- bad debt,
- debt ceiling,
- debt instrument,
- debt limit,
- debt service,
- installment debt,
- national debt,
- oxygen debt,
- public debt,
- To pay the debt of nature,
- national debt ceiling,
- To scale a debt wages etc,
- To scale down a debt wages etc