1 [C] a sum of money that sb owes:
I need to pay off all my debts before I leave the country. * an outstanding debt of ｣300 * He had run up credit card debts of thousands of dollars.
2 [U] the situation of owing money, especially when you cannot pay:
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. * a country's foreign debt burden
seealsoBADDEBT
3 [C,usually sing.] the fact that you should feel grateful to sb because they have helped you or been kind to you:
to owe a debt of gratitude to sb * I would like to acknowledge my debt to my teachers.
IDIOMS
be in sb's debt (formal) to feel grateful to sb for their help, kindness, etc.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is debt a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, debt is tagged as noun.
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