What does DEBT mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. debtnoun

    the state of owing something (especially money)

    "he is badly in debt"

  2. debtnoun

    money or goods or services owed by one person to another

  3. debtnoun

    an obligation to pay or do something

Wiktionary

  1. debtnoun

    An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.

  2. debtnoun

    The state or condition of owing something to another.

    I am in your debt.

  3. debtnoun

    Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.

  4. Etymology: From dett, from dete (French: dette), from debita, from debitum, neuter of debitus, perfect passive participle of debeo, contraction of, from de + habeo.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DEBTnoun

    Etymology: debitum, Latin; dette, French.

    There was one that died greatly in debt: well, says one, if he be gone, then he hath carried five hundred ducats of mine with him into the other world. Francis Bacon, Apophth. 141.

    The debt of ten thousand talents, which the servant owed the king, was no slight ordinary sum. Brian Duppa, Devotions.

    To this great loss a sea of tears is due;
    But the whole debt not to be paid by you. Edmund Waller.

    Above a thousand pounds in debt,
    Takes horse, and in a mighty fret
    Rides day and night. Jonathan Swift.

    Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier’s debt;
    He only liv’d but ’till he was a man,
    But like a man he died. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

Wikipedia

  1. Debt

    Debt is an obligation that requires one party, the debtor, to pay money or other agreed-upon value to another party, the creditor. Debt is a deferred payment, or series of payments, which differentiates it from an immediate purchase. The debt may be owed by sovereign state or country, local government, company, or an individual. Commercial debt is generally subject to contractual terms regarding the amount and timing of repayments of principal and interest. Loans, bonds, notes, and mortgages are all types of debt. In financial accounting, debt is a type of financial transaction, as distinct from equity. The term can also be used metaphorically to cover moral obligations and other interactions not based on a monetary value. For example, in Western cultures, a person who has been helped by a second person is sometimes said to owe a "debt of gratitude" to the second person.

ChatGPT

  1. debt

    Debt is an amount of money borrowed by one party from another. It is usually used by corporations and individuals as a method of making large purchases that they could not afford under normal circumstances. A debt arrangement gives the borrowing party permission to borrow money under the condition that it is to be paid back at a later date, usually with interest.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Debtnoun

    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

  2. Debtnoun

    a duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass

  3. Debtnoun

    an action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due

  4. Etymology: [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.]

Wikidata

  1. Debt

    A debt is an obligation owed by one party to a second party, the creditor; usually this refers to assets granted by the creditor to the debtor, but the term can also be used metaphorically to cover moral obligations and other interactions not based on economic value. A debt is created when a creditor agrees to lend a sum of assets to a debtor. Debt is usually granted with expected repayment; in modern society, in most cases, this includes repayment of the original sum, plus interest. In finance, debt is a means of using anticipated future purchasing power in the present before it has actually been earned. Some companies and corporations use debt as a part of their overall corporate finance strategy.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Debt

    det, n. what one owes to another: what one becomes liable to do or suffer: a state of obligation or indebtedness: a duty: (B.) a sin.—p.adj. Debt′ed (Shak.), indebted, obliged to.—ns. Debt′ee, a creditor; Debt′or, one who owes a debt: the side of an account on which debts are charged.—Debt of honour, a debt not recognised by law, but binding in honour—esp. gambling and betting debts; Debt of nature, death.—Active debt, a debt due to one, as opposed to Passive debt, a debt one owes; Floating debt, miscellaneous public debt, like exchequer and treasury bills, as opposed to Funded debt, that which has been converted into perpetual annuities like consols in Britain.—In one's debt, under a pecuniary obligation to one. [O. Fr. dette—L. debitum, debēre, to owe.]

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. debt

    1. A rope to your foot, cockleburs in your hair, and a clothespin on your tongue. 2. The devil in disguise.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. DEBT

    A big word beginning with Owe, which grows bigger the more it is contracted.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DEBT' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1888

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DEBT' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3196

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DEBT' in Nouns Frequency: #645

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DEBT in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DEBT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of DEBT in a Sentence

  1. Sean Penn:

    (Clinton) sat on a log in the center of a community of 60,000 displaced Haitians for hours, asking questions…What did they need? How could he help?... He focused on, and learned about those in need, and he showed them respect, and acknowledged their dignity… As UN Special Envoy to Haiti, he shepherded more than six billion dollars in disbursements and debt-forgiveness following the earthquake. Haiti and J/P HRO are grateful for his commitment.

  2. Wang Yuchen:

    But the elderly have relatively poor repayment ability. On the one hand, it could affect their quality of life in old age, as they continue carrying the mortgage debt mountain and work for the bank until the last moment of their lives, on the other hand, the associated risks may be transferred to their children, increasing their financial pressure.

  3. Oliver Butt:

    The original holders of the debt have sold a long time ago...and (those who bought it) have waited and waited and waited, the market has become very thin in recent years, though prices have also steadily gone up.

  4. Ashley Burke:

    There is no need for a tax increase on the coal industry. The only reason borrowing has been necessary is for the government to essentially repay itself for accumulated interest payments on legacy debt from the 70s and 80s.

  5. Kerri Hurley:

    I owe Ben Moor a debt of gratitude because, if heaven forbid something had happened to my husband, I would never have talked to him again, and Ben Moor was that person who allowed me to speak to him.

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