debt
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
- (countable, uncountable) The state or condition of owing something to another.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due
Synonyms
debt capital
public debt
mandatory injunction
borrow money
loan payable
loan of money
obligation to pay
federal debt
sum due
ask for a loan
amount due
balance due
outstanding debt
Translations
dette
deuda
debito
Schuld
dívida
schuld
χρέος
deuteFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɛt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English dette, dett, borrowed from Old French dete (French dette), from Medieval Latin dēbita, from Latin dēbitum (“what is owed, a debt, a duty”), neuter of dēbitus, perfect passive participle of dēbeō (“I owe”), contraction of *dehibeō (“I have from”), from de (“from”) + habeō (“I have”). Doublet of debit. The unpronounced "b" in the modern English spelling is a Latinisation from the Latin etymon dēbitum.
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