debt

Debt is defined as owing money, owed money that is past due or the feeling as if you owe someone something.

(noun)

An example of debt is what you owe on your mortgage and car loan.
An example of debt is a feeling of gratitude when someone helps you to go to college.

See debt in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: altered (after L) < ME & OFr dette < L debitum, neut. pp. of debere, to owe < de-, from + habere, to have: see habit

See debt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Something owed, such as money, goods, or services.
a. An obligation or liability to pay or render something to someone else.
b. The condition of owing: a young family always in debt.
An offense requiring forgiveness or reparation; a trespass.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English dette

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *dēbita

Origin: , pl. of Latin dēbitum, debt

Origin: , neuter past participle of dēbēre, to owe; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots

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