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debt (det)

noun

  1. something owed by one person to another or others
  2. an obligation or liability to pay or return something
  3. the condition of owing to be in debt
  4. Theol. a sin

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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