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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. James Hosie:

    For those companies that have pending maturities on bonds, there will be a more acute pressure on liquidity, in the E&P sector, the likelihood of refinancing high yield debt is very limited right now - investors in that market have been caught by surprise by the fall in oil prices and a lot of these bonds are trading at quite distressed levels.

  2. Emmanuel Macron of France:

    I'm saying this sincerely, if Europe raises debt to loan to others, that won't live up to the response we need.

  3. James Lankford:

    We ca n’t afford to ignore the debt and deficit issues, to me, the big issue is how are we dealing with debt and deficit, do we have realistic numbers and is there a backstop in the process just in case we don’t.

  4. Ben Affleck:

    Most people can’t point to the moment that changed their life in such a dramatic way, but I can. It was the moment that Robin decided to take a flyer on that movie. I’ll always feel a huge debt to him although now I’ll never get to repay it.

  5. Nancy Pelosi:

    People think that the president of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness, he does not, he can postpone, he can delay, but he does not have that power. That has to be an act of Congress.


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