See Also: Original issue discount debt (OID debt)(money)
Original issue discount debt (OID debt)(finance)
Junior debt (subordinate debt)(money)
Junior debt (subordinate debt)(finance)
bad debt(dictionary)
debt(encyclopedia)
debt(2)(dictionary)
debt(dictionary)
Debt(finance)
Debt(law)

debt (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: dette, from Latin debitum, from debere 'to owe']
[C] a sum of money that a person or organization owes
debt of
::This over-ambitious strategy has saddled them with debts of around $3,000,000.
pay (off)/repay/clear/settle etc a debt
::He had enough money to pay off his father's outstanding debts.
::Romania is paying more and more to Western banks simply to service the debt (=pay it) .
run up/amass debts
::students who run up huge debts
[U] when you owe money to someone
-opposite credit credit in debt (to sb)
::Nearly half the students said they were in debt.
::The band will be in debt to the record company for years.
¡ê200/$1000 etc in debt
::A rash business decision left him $600 in debt.
get/run/fall etc into debt
::The club sank deeper into debt .
be heavily/deeply in debt
(=owe a lot of money)
[C usually singular] the degree to which you have learned from or been influenced by someone or something else
debt to
::Braque acknowledged his debt to Impressionist painting.
debt of gratitude/thanks
the fact of being grateful to someone who has helped you
::I owe a debt of gratitude to my tutors.
-see also bad debt , national debt