Preposition: of

• company: The net proceeds from the sale will be used to reduce the indebtedness of the Company.

Converse of object

• repay: The net proceeds of the sale will be used to repay indebtedness.

• acknowledge: Mention of Sir Walter leads me to acknowledge the indebtedness of the Church to Scott.

• increase: Isn't the loan scheme likely to increase indebtedness among refugees?

• create: They have played a leading role in creating the insoluble indebtedness of the Third World.

• express: Michael Tippett, Benjamin Britten and Peter Maxwell Davies are among those who have expressed indebtedness to Purcell's musical genius.

• reduce: The net proceeds from the sale will be used to reduce the indebtedness of the Company.

Adjective modifier

• net: Fifteen years ago, its net foreign indebtedness was zero.

• total: The total indebtedness of the union in respect of the various facility agreements we have with Unity Trust Bank is now £ 3.7 million.

• personal: In the context of rising concerns about personal indebtedness, our reviews have suggested ways in which the Code could be strengthened.

• such: This is because such indebtedness does not normally constitute a security.

• high: Higher net interest was due to higher average indebtedness compared with the first half of 2001.

• further: This causes further indebtedness which is particularly unsustainable for the poorest countries.

Modifies a noun

• score: The third component within the Indebtedness Solution Pack is a new combined credit risk plus indebtedness score.

Noun used with modifier

• household: Household indebtedness has risen rapidly in relation to incomes in recent years.

• consumer: The second threat arises from the boom in house prices in some countries together with the associated increase in consumer indebtedness.

• bank: Notwithstanding the recent rise in bank borrowing by SMEs, the net bank indebtedness of the SME sector has continued to fall.

• mortgage: Working Paper No 277 When is mortgage indebtedness a financial burden to British households?

• term: The proceeds of the issue will be used for refinancing existing short term indebtedness.

• world: By 1992 world indebtedness exceeded even the total gross domestic product of the richest ( OECD ) countries.