Debt synonyms
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The definition of a debit is a payment made, or a payment owed.
Arrears
money-raising
The right to payment associated with such a loan:
The definition of beholden is you owe someone, or are under some moral obligation to repay a favor or kindness.
A moral or legal duty to perform or to not perform some action.
An amount due; a debt.
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More generally, a debt or other legal obligation to pay an assessed amount (for example, taxes).
An unpaid or overdue obligation. A debt.
The amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required or expected amount; a shortage:
accounts collectible
That which is owed
(Now Rare) A gambling debt that is not legally enforceable
mortgages
Plural form of mortgage
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debentures
Plural form of debenture
lien (related)
(Law) A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty.
profit (antonym)
Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
cash (antonym)
(Canada) Cash register.
pay (related)
A person considered with regard to his or her credit or reliability in discharging debts.
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hitting-up
pecuniary due
That which is owed
A legally-defined responsibility to perform certain acts or meet certain standards of performance; an essential element of proof in a tort action is that the defendant had a duty to act in a certain manner, such as the duty to use due care in the operation of a motor vehicle. Duties may be mandated by law, such as the duty to pay taxes, or may be voluntary, such as those assumed under a contract.
A written promise to pay a sum of money or a written acknowledgment of a debt from which a promise of payment can be inferred
accounts outstanding
That which is owed
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The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or jail.
A demand for money or property. An assertion that one is entitled to, or the perceived or actual right to receive, money or property. The totality of facts that gives rise to a right to receive money or property that is enforceable in court. In some states and in the federal courts, the same as claim for relief.
The amount owed; all one's debts
deferred payment
That which is owed
contingent liability
That which is owed
floating debt
That which is owed
funded debt
Debt with a fixed rate of interest and a maturity of longer than one year.
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future debt
That which is owed
A customer having a business or credit relationship with a firm:
The definition of an overdraft is taking out more money than is in your account, or a draft of air that moves over a fire.
amount due
That which is owed
red-ink
The condition of showing a fiscal deficit:
(US and UK dated) A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
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outstanding issues
Capital covered by funded obligations
Plural form of security
Plural form of indenture
credit (antonym)
(Uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (non payment).
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The definition of indebted is that you owe money or favors to someone.
Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due.
Under an obligation to do something for someone.
arrear
Unpaid debt.
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1910, Gertrude Hall, Chantecler:
A customhouse order for payment of a drawback, as to an importer
Anything due or owed
The act of breaking a law; sin or crime; transgression
That which is owed
post-obit
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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The definition of a sin is an offense against moral rules or law, especially against God.
That which is unjust, immoral, or improper:
To gradually extinguish a debt in advance of its maturity, usually by paying regular installments in excess of the accrued interest each time a periodic interest payment is due. See also sinking fund.
To settle by mutual agreement; specif., to settle (a debt) by a compromise payment of less than the total claim
To acquire or incur by contagion or infection.
resource (antonym)
The ability to deal with a difficult or troublesome situation effectively; resourcefulness:
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excess (antonym)
A behavior or action that exceeds proper or lawful bounds:
bad-debts (related)
bad debt (related)
debts (related)
borrowing (related)
repayment (related)
creditor (related)
loan (related)
tax (related)
bankruptcy (related)
in-debt (related)
national debt (related)
lending (related)
debt service (related)
outstandings
That which is owed
money (related)
Any substance or article used as money, as bank notes, checks, etc.
Find another word for debt. In this page you can discover 87 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for debt, like: debit, arrearage, , mortgage, beholden, obligation, score, bill, liability, arrears and deficit.