debt
English Thesaurus
1. an obligation to pay or do something (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | obligation, |
| definition | : | a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply (noun.communication) |
2. money or goods or services owed by one person to another (noun.possession)
| hypernym | : | liabilities, |
| definition | : | anything that is owed to someone else (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | arrears, |
| definition | : | an unpaid overdue debt (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | national debt, |
| definition | : | the debt of the national government (as distinguished from the debts of individuals and businesses and political subdivisions) (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | public debt, |
| definition | : | the total of the nation's debts: debts of local and state and national governments; an indicator of how much public spending is financed by borrowing instead of taxation (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | debt ceiling, debt limit, |
| definition | : | the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | bad debt, |
| definition | : | a debt that is unlikely to be repaid (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | installment debt, |
| definition | : | debt to be paid by installments (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | loan, |
| definition | : | the temporary provision of money (usually at interest) (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | principal, |
| definition | : | the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | score, |
| definition | : | an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar) (noun.state) |
3. the state of owing something (especially money) (noun.state)
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