Debt (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another: a debt of $50.
  2. a liability or obligation to pay or render something: My debt to her for advice is not to be discharged easily.
  3. the condition of being under such an obligation: His gambling losses put him deeply in debt.
  4. an offense requiring reparation; a sin; a trespass.
noun
  1. something that is owed, such as money, goods, or services
  2. a debt that has little or no prospect of being paid
  3. an obligation to pay or perform something; liability
  4. the state of owing something, esp money, or of being under an obligation (esp in the phrases in debt, in (someone's) debt)
  5. a temporary failure to maintain the necessary supply of something
Debt (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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