Preposition: of

• gratitude: We offer here our public debt of gratitude to them for the work that they do to the church's great benefit.

Converse of object

• owe: However, Ghosts actually owes a much bigger debt to his brilliant retelling of Rio Bravo, Assault on Precinct Thirteen.

• repay: Whole villages are groaning under the pressure of debt For many, the only way to repay debts is to take out new ones.

• incur: An " old " partner is fully responsible for debts incurred whilst he was a partner.

• consolidate: Many consumers take out 2nd mortgage loans to consolidate debt, do home improvements or pay for their children's college education.

• cancel: He canceled the debt, which listed all the rules we failed to follow.

• recover: If a lender isnât licensed by the OFT then they have no legal right to recover the debt.

Adjective modifier

• unpayable: The reality is that they are condemned to a lifetime of poverty overshadowed by an inescapable burden of unpayable debt.

• unsecured: Single men & women, aged between 25 and 39, in the UK have average unsecured debts of nearly £ 13,000.. .

• outstanding: Disputes Where a customer raises a query regarding an outstanding debt.

• crippling: Countries agree to grow cash crops in order to pay off their crippling debts.

• net: At the moment there is a net debt of three trillion dollars.

• unpaid: But, if you can't pay the outstanding balance each month, the interest due on the unpaid debt can soon mount up.

Modifies a noun

• consolidation: Secured debt consolidation loans are the ones, which pay off some or all of your existing debts.

• relief: There he is expected to strike a similar debt relief pact.

• cancelation: This is the largest debt cancelation ever seen in Africa.

• repayment: What he has not done is to use the unexpected strength of the public finances to lock in a faster rate of debt repayment.

• recovery: In 1997, the Group made an acquisition in the consumer debt recovery market.

• burden: Productivity was receding in the face of a crushing debt burden.

Noun used with modifier

• credit: I always took cash, to pay off the credit card debt.