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An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.countableuncountable
- 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.
- This long debt of confidence, due from me to him, whose bane and ruin I have been, shall at length be paid.
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The state or condition of owing something to another.countableuncountable
- I am in your debt.
- We owe them a debt of gratitude for taking care of our pets.
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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.countableuncountable
- Bolsheviki had repudiated the four-billion-dollar debt which the government of the Tsar had contracted with the bankers.
- I don't own any stocks or bonds. All my money is tied up in debt.
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An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be duecountableuncountable
debt
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