Synonyms for debt
dɛtdebt

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Indebtedness
   • Liabilities
   • Obligation

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1. owe

   something, typically money, that is owed or due.

   i am not in debt anymore!

   Submitted by JP03 on October 27, 2014  

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1. debtnoun

   Synonyms:
   due, obligation

2. debtnoun

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

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1. debtnoun

   Synonyms:
   liability, due, obligation, debit

   Antonyms:
   asset, resource

   Associated words:
   garnishee, distrain, distress, debenture

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1. List of paraphrases for "debt":

   debts, indebtedness, al-din, addin, eddin, religion, dette, borrowing, liabilities, indebted, eldeen, receivable, el-din, cleric, dean, obligations, loan, eddine, blame, receivables, duty, ad-din, borrowings

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1. DEBT

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How to use debt in a sentence?

1. Shashi Tharoor:

   We are not arguing specifically that vast sums of money need to be paid. The proposition before this house is the principle of owing reparations... the question is : is there a debt ? ... As far as I'm concerned, the ability to acknowledge a wrong that has been done, to simply say sorry, will go a far, far, far longer way than some percentage of GDP in the form of aid.

2. Wingate University:

   Knowing that the stain of past transgressions can never be eliminated and that the debt to people of color can never be repaid, Wingate University officials do believe this deeply upsetting news can serve as an opportunity for reflection, reconciliation and growth.

3. White House:

   Everyone in this country is affected by this program and so everyone should be allowed to provide their government with their views, and the plaintiffs here were denied that process. while opponents of our plan are siding with special interests and trying every which way to keep millions of middle class Americans in debt, the President and his Administration are fighting to lawfully give middle-class families some breathing room as they recover from the pandemic and prepare to resume loan payments in January.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   I want to get more kids in debt, young people with debt, into programs where they pay a percentage of their income instead of a flat rate.

5. Andrew Kloster:

   At a time when student loan debt is over $1 trillion it is irresponsible for Prescott College to offer this privilege at the expense of other students, while the dollar amount seems small per student, the fee does send a message to potential donors to Prescott College that the administration is less concerned with sound financial management than it is with making a political statement.