debt
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈdɛt/]
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Senses
1. debt (noun) — sense 1
Definition: An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
Example: Revenge the jeering and disdain'd contempt / Of this proud king, who studies day and night / To answer all the debt he owes to you / Even with the bloody payment of your deaths.
2. debt (noun) — sense 2
Definition: The state or condition of owing something to another.
Example: I am in your debt.
3. debt (noun) — sense 3
Definition: Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
Example: Bolsheviki had repudiated the four-billion-dollar debt which the government of the Tsar had contracted with the bankers.
Structure of the word
Roots:- gʰeh₁bʰ (Proto-Indo-European)
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