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

Example sentences :

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

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