debt

[det]

Definition:
1. The state of owing something (especially money).
2. Money or goods or services owed by one person to another.
3. An obligation to pay or do something.

Use 'debt' in a sentence:

1. The company can no longer service its debts.
2. He was a compulsive gambler and often heavily in debt.
3. He was already deeply in debt through gambling losses.
4. The company was saddled with debts of £ 12 million.
5. The Ethiopian foreign debt stands at 3 billion dollars.
6. It's hard to stay out of debt when you are a student.
7. We were poor but we never got into debt.
8. The US has agreed to cancel debts totalling$ 10 million.
9. And they're paying with cheap debt, too.
10. The level of debt crested at a massive$ 290 billion in 1992.
11. The firm had accrued debts of over$ 6m.
12. He talked about the importance of reducing the national debt.
13. Nicaragua was burdened with a foreign debt of $11 billion.
14. He was a congenital liar and usually in debt.
15. Overuse of credit cards has ratcheted up consumer debt to unacceptable levels.
16. There's a reasonable prospect that his debts will be paid.
17. Meanwhile, my debts were mounting up.
18. I finally sat down to tot up the full extent of my debt.
19. She has outstanding debts of over £ 500.
20. Businesses would like to see new laws to counter late payments of debts.
21. It will free us of a whole lot of debt.
22. He died heavily in debt.
23. A gambling debt is not legally enforceable.
24. He is out of a job and up to his eyeballs in debt.
25. A loan was arranged to refinance existing debt.
26. The level of debt crested at a massive $290 billion in 1992.
27. People used to recoil from the idea of getting into debt.
28. The government has agreed to forgive a large part of the debt.
29. He began to slip into debt.
30. Poverty begets debt.
31. Bad housing, debt and poverty are interconnected.
32. Bad housing is interconnected with debt and poverty.
33. The debt has been reduced to a more manageable level.
34. He limited payments on the country's foreign debt.
35. The bank refused to roll over the debt.
36. The total debt outstanding is $70 billion.
37. The new loan takes the total debt to $100 000.
38. The firm ended up deep in debt.
39. His debts were a noose around his neck.
40. My debts are a millstone around my neck.
41. We're up to our neck in debt.
42. He had run up credit card debts of thousands of dollars.
43. The new loan takes the total debt to$ 100 000.
44. The agreement binds her to repay the debt within six months.
45. I owe you a great debt of gratitude.
46. I owe a debt of gratitude to all my family.
47. Debts began to accumulate.
48. The company is staggering under the weight of a £ 10m debt.
49. I would like to acknowledge my debt to my teachers.
50. Tax rises have made some inroads into the country's national debt.
51. We are finally clear of debt.
52. His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt.