debt

debt
debt
W2S2 [det] n
[Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: dette, from Latin debitum, from debere 'to owe']
1.)
a sum of money that a person or organization owes
debt of
▪ This over-ambitious strategy has saddled them with debts of around $3,000,000.
pay (off)/repay/clear/settle etc a debt
▪ He had enough money to pay off his father's outstanding debts.
▪ Romania is paying more and more to Western banks simply to service the debt (=pay it) .
run up/amass debts
▪ students who run up huge debts
2.) [U]
when you owe money to someone
≠ ↑credit in debt (to sb)
▪ Nearly half the students said they were in debt.
▪ The band will be in debt to the record company for years.
£200/$1000 etc in debt
▪ A rash business decision left him $600 in debt.
get/run/fall etc into debt
▪ The club sank deeper into debt .
be heavily/deeply in debt
(=owe a lot of money)
3.) [C usually singular]
the degree to which you have learned from or been influenced by someone or something else
debt to
▪ Braque acknowledged his debt to Impressionist painting.
4.) debt of gratitude/thanks
the fact of being grateful to someone who has helped you
▪ I owe a debt of gratitude to my tutors.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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