Debt I Det Company Pay Left Noun Pay/Repay

• to pay/repay a debt
• i need to pay off all my debts.
• i've finally cleared all my debts.
• after settling his debts he was left with just £2000.

debt

1. a sum of money that somebody owes
• SEE ALSO carbon debt
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/carbon-debt
• to pay/repay a debt
• I need to pay off all my debts.
• I've finally cleared all my debts.
• After settling his debts he was left with just £2000.
• an outstanding debt of £300
• He had run up huge credit card debts.
• They had incurred debts of over $1 million.

Extra Examples

• After a series of meetings, the banks were forced to write off the company's debts.
• He was burdened with crippling debts.
• a company faced with mounting debts
• He wanted to consolidate his debts into one payment.
• The company has reached a deal allowing it to restructure its debts.
• Only two payments were made, leaving an outstanding debt of £300.
• Data show that debt levels at private companies are increasing.
• Managing your student loan debt is not easy.
• The country has a national debt of 80% of GNP.
• The company wrote it off as a bad debt.
• debts arising from bad investments
• a debt secured on property
• The fall in exports has left the country unable to service its debts.
• Without a job, he'll never clear his debts.
• The company defaulted on its debt and its assets were seized.
2. the situation of owing money, especially when you cannot pay
• SEE ALSO bad debt
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bad-debt
• He died heavily in debt.
• The club is £4 million in debt.
• We were poor but we never got into debt.
• It's hard to stay out of debt when you are a student.
• The country's debt burden is increasing.

Extra Examples

• a solution to the debt crisis of the developing world
• We offer financial and debt-management advice.
• Faced with a mounting burden of debt, he sold off the company.
• Governments may find it increasingly difficult to manage their debt repayments.
• She faces a mountain of debt—$60 000 in student loans and $15 000 in credit card balances.
3. the fact that you should feel grateful to somebody because they have helped you or been kind to you
• I owe them a debt of gratitude that I can never repay.
• I would like to acknowledge my debt to my teachers.
• She was simply repaying a debt, saving his career in return for him saving hers.
4. to feel grateful to somebody for their help, kind behaviour, etc.
• I am in Ruth's debt for the excellent advice she gave me.

Word Origin

• Middle English dette: from Old French, based on Latin debitum ‘something owed’, past participle of debere ‘owe’. The spelling change in French and English was by association with the Latin word.