Definition of debts Debts
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We found 3 definitions of debts from 2 different sources.
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What does debts mean?
Wiktionary 
- debts (Noun)
Plural of debt.
Part of speech
🔤- debts, noun, plural of debt.
WordNet
NounPlural: debts |
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| debt - money or goods or services owed by one person to another | ||
| liabilities anything that is owed to someone else | ||
| arrears an unpaid overdue debt | ||
| national debt the debt of the national government (as distinguished from the debts of individuals and businesses and political subdivisions) | ||
| public debt 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 | ||
| debt ceiling, debt limit the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity | ||
| bad debt a debt that is unlikely to be repaid | ||
| installment debt debt to be paid by installments | ||
| loan the temporary provision of money (usually at interest) | ||
| principal the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account | ||
| debt - an obligation to pay or do something | ||
| debt - the state of owing something (especially money); "he is badly in debt" | ||
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Wiktionary
- debt (Noun)
An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another. - debt (Noun)
The state or condition of owing something to another. - debt (Noun)
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.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- debt (n.)
That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing owed; obligation; liability. - debt (n.)
A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass. - debt (n.)
An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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debt
Something owed to someone else. -
debt
Passive balance that corresponds to the difference between all proceeds and all expenditures, the current ones and the ones registered on the capital account, excluding the financial operations.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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debt
det, n. what one owes to another: what one becomes liable to do or suffer: a state of obligation or indebtedness: a duty: (B.) a sin.—p.adj. Debt′ed (Shak.), indebted, obliged to.—ns. Debt′ee, a creditor; Debt′or, one who owes a debt: the side of an account on which debts are charged.—Debt of honour, a debt not recognised by law, but binding in honour—esp. gambling and betting debts; Debt of nature, death.—Active debt, a debt due to one, as opposed to Passive debt, a debt one owes; Floating debt, miscellaneous public debt, like exchequer and treasury bills, as opposed to Funded debt, that which has been converted into perpetual annuities like consols in Britain.—In one's debt, under a pecuniary obligation to one. [O. Fr. dette—L. debitum, debēre, to owe.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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debt
A big word beginning with Owe, which grows bigger the more it is contracted.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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debt
Debt is the worst kind of poverty. -
debt
Out of debt, out of danger.
Wikipedia 
- Debt is what someone owes to someone else. Usually, debt is in the form of money, but it can also be items, favors, or other things.
Part of speech
🔤- debt, noun, singular of debts.
