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UK
/dˈɛt/
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[ US /ˈdɛt/ ]
[ US /ˈdɛt/ ]
NOUN
- an obligation to pay or do something
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the state of owing something (especially money)
he is badly in debt - money or goods or services owed by one person to another
How To Use debt In A Sentence
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- A donkey can avoid bad debts in a climate of strong economic growth, and negative real interest rates.
- After the Asian financial crisis of 1997 and 1998, the IMF proposed an institutionalized default program, which it called the sovereign debt restructuring mechanism. Amid Irish Aid, a New Option
- He made the declarations while responding to reporters' questions on the bilateral debt forgiveness agreement during yesterday's post-Cabinet news conference at Whitehall.
- The former Olympic champion may now have been overtaken, but a debt of gratitude is owed to her by the vibrant new star of her sport. Times, Sunday Times
- Now that I think about it, direct property distraint was a recognized means of compelling welchers to fulfill their obligations in the quasi-anarchic Brehon laws of Celtic Ireland, even if it was a case of tenants or debtors going after landlords or creditors. Shameless Self-promotion Sunday #30
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- It doesn't matter whether their poor credit ratings result from the poor handling of their accounts or from predatory lending practices that trapped them in a mountain of debt.
- The company is now out of debt.
- He ran up massive debts borrowing from loan sharks.