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Antonyms for debt
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : det |
Phonetic Transcription : dɛt |
Definition of debt
Origin :- late 13c., dette, from Old French dete, from Latin debitum "thing owed," neuter past participle of debere "to owe," originally, "keep something away from someone," from de- "away" (see de-) + habere "to have" (see habit). Restored spelling after c.1400.
- noun money owed to others
- He took a couple of drinks to celebrate his approaching immunity from debt.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The church was in debt—everything in Brookfield was, except the town pump.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- I'm not going to run into debt or have trouble with tradesmen about money just because of your pride.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- Is it true that he is so much in debt, and is so very—very profligate?
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- If you tell me that he is dead, I am in your debt and bound to you for life.
- Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
- But wilt thou not give me another twelvemonth to pay my debt?
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
- There is an individual present; he has him in his eye; to whom they owe a debt of gratitude.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Thus it is: My castle and my lands are in pawn for a debt that I owe.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
- Debt he looked upon as the road to ruin, and he scrupulously shunned it.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- And I pray you be patient with my debt, for indeed I think much oftener of it than you do.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
Synonyms for debt
- albatross
- arrearage
- arrears
- bad news
- baggage
- below the line
- bill
- bite
- capital
- check
- chit
- claim
- commitment
- credit
- cuff
- damage
- dead horse
- debenture
- debit
- deficit
- due
- dues
- duty
- encumbrance
- in hock
- in the hole
- in the red
- indebtedness
- invoice
- IOU
- liability
- manifest
- mortgage
- note
- obligation
- outstandings
- price tag
- promissory note
- receipt
- reckoning
- red ink
- responsibility
- score
- tab
- tally
- voucher
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