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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. debt

    Synonyms:
    debit, liability, default, obligation, claim, score, something due

    Antonyms:
    liquidation, assets, credit, trust, grace, favor, obligation, accommodation, gift, gratuity

Princeton's WordNet

  1. debtnoun

    the state of owing something (especially money)

    "he is badly in debt"

  2. debtnoun

    money or goods or services owed by one person to another

  3. debtnoun

    an obligation to pay or do something

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. owe

    something, typically money, that is owed or due.

    i am not in debt anymore!

    Submitted by JP03 on October 27, 2014  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. debtnoun

    Synonyms:
    due, obligation

  2. debtnoun

    Synonyms:
    trespass, offence, transgression, sin, fault, crime

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. debtnoun

    Synonyms:
    liability, due, obligation, debit

    Antonyms:
    asset, resource

    Associated words:
    garnishee, distrain, distress, debenture

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How to use debt in a sentence?

  1. Jay Farner:

    People are changing their spending habits, credit card debt is rising, savings and bank accounts are dropping, all of those things tell me that we’ve set the table for a recession here in 2023.

  2. Zack Snyder:

    Batman, unlike Superman or Wonder Woman or Flash is a guy without powers, he's a man ... We all carry around a hero inside of ourselves everyday and it's that guy, the Batman, i think we all owe him (Kane) a debt of gratitude because in that hero that we carry around we realize that the hero is us because he's just a man. So in truth, we're all the Batman.

  3. Sahap Kavcioglu:

    That might not be a problem now given that Turkey's public finances are relatively strong — public debt is low at around 40 % of GDP — but it would cause the public debt dynamics to worsen.

  4. John Hannah:

    Unbelievable burdens [ relief ] have been cut off from any of their budget from Baghdad, and really they have no access to international debt markets or to the international donor community since they are not a sovereign state.

  5. Sharadiant Turner:

    I'm going to do what she wanted me to do. She started me on math and now I'm going to get to graduate with a mathematics degree from Spelman College in Atlanta without debt. It means everything.


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