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Etymology
From OF. dete (French: dette), from L. debitam. A common English misspelling includes an unpronounced "b", which is an archaicism from the Latin "debitum".

Pronunciation
IPA|/d�t/
audio|en-us-debt.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�t|-�t

Noun
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1. An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.

#*1589, w:William_Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, act 1, sc. 3,
#*:Revenge the jeering and disdain'd contempt
#*:Of this proud king, who studies day and night
#*:To answer all the debt he owes to you
#*:Even with the bloody payment of your deaths.
#*1850, w:Nathaniel_Hawthorne|Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, ch. 14,
#*:This long debt of confidence, due from me to him, whose bane and ruin I have been, shall at length be paid.

1. The state or condition of owing something to another.

#:''I am in your debt.

1. 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.

#*1919, w:Upton_Sinclair|Upton Sinclair, Jimmie Higgins, ch. 15,
#*:Bolsheviki had repudiated the four-billion-dollar debt which the government of the Tsar had contracted with the bankers.

Related terms
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bad debt
debt-equity ratio
debt-laden
debtor
domestic debt
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external debt
foreign debt
indebted
national debt
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Translations
trans-top|action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another
Danish: gæld c, skyldighed c
Finnish: velvoite
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Kurdish: deyn m, qer m, KUchar|���رز
Russian: долг (dolg) m, об�занно��� (ob'ázannost') f
Slovene: dolg m
Swedish: skuld c
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trans-top|state or condition of owing something to another
Czech: dluh m
Danish: gæld c
Finnish: velka
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Kurdish: KUchar|���رزار
Russian: долг (dolg) m
Swedish: skuld c (be in debt: stå i skuld)
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trans-top|money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another
Danish: gæld c
Finnish: velka
Hebrew: ��� (khov) m
Japanese: JAchar|負� (JAchar|���, fusai), JAchar|�� (JAchar|�����, shakkin)
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Kurdish: qer m, KUchar|���رز
Russian: долг (dolg) m, задолженно��� (zadólžennost') f
Slovene: dolg m
Swedish: skuld c
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ttbc|Afrikaans: skuld
ttbc|Bosnian: dug#Bosnian|dug m
Chinese:
:Mandarin: zh-ts|��|�� (zhàiwù)
ttbc|Croatian: dug#Croatian|dug m
ttbc|Dutch: schuld
ttbc|French: dette
ttbc|Frisian: skuld
ttbc|German: Schuld f
ttbc|Greek: ��έο� (khréos) n
ttbc|Hungarian: adósság :hu:adósság|hu
ttbc|Ido: debajo
ttbc|Indonesian: hutang, debet, debit, pijaman
ttbc|Interlingua: debita, debito
ttbc|Italian: debito m
ttbc|Latin: debitum n
ttbc|Korean: � (bit)
ttbc|Norwegian: gjeld
ttbc|Polish: d�ug m
ttbc|Portuguese: dívida f, débito m
ttbc|Romanian: datorie f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: д�г#Serbian|д�г m
:Roman: dug#Serbian|dug m
ttbc|Spanish: deuda f
ttbc|Telugu: �ప�ప� (appu)
ttbc|Ukrainian: бо�г (borh) m
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• 2007-12-28 19:21 - Daniel Polansky - /* Translations */

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