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debt

noun

1 the company was unable to pay its debts:

bill, account, tally, financial obligation, outstanding payment, amount due, money owing;

dues, arrears, debits, charges;

North American check;

informal tab;

archaic score.

2 he wanted to acknowledge his debt to the author:

indebtedness, obligation, liability;

gratitude, appreciation, thanks.

□ in debt

he was forever short of money and frequently in debt:

owing money, in arrears, behind with payments, late with payments, overdue with payments, overdrawn;

insolvent, bankrupt, bankrupted, ruined, in the hands of the receivers;

British in liquidation;

informal in the red, in Queer Street, on the rocks, gone to the wall, bust;

British, informal , dated in Carey Street.

▷antonyms in credit.

□ in someone's debt

after what Clive had done, Chris would be forever in his debt:

indebted to, beholden to, obliged to, duty-bound to, honor-bound to, obligated to, under an obligation to, owing someone a debt of gratitude, owing someone thanks;

grateful, thankful, appreciative.