Indebtedness definition

ĭn-dĕtĭd-nĭs
Something owed to another.
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The condition of owing money to another.
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The money owed.
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The definition of indebtedness is the state of owing something (usually money) to someone, or the total amount owed.

An example of indebtedness is when you owe the bank $100 and your friend $200.

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State of owing money; being in debt.
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The state of owing something or being under obligation to someone.
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The amount owed.
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All debts totalled.
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The state of being indebted.
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The amount owed; all one's debts.
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The state of being indebted.
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Alternative Forms

Alternative Form of indebtedness - endebtedness

Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
indebtedness
Plural:
indebtednesses

Origin of indebtedness

  • From indebted +‎ -ness.

    From Wiktionary

Indebtedness Sentence Examples

  • Table B shows the total indebtedness of the Ottoman Empire, exclusive of tribute loans.

  • In addition to the indebtedness of the national government, the individual states have also incurred funded debts of their own.

  • The problems particularly of the primitive history were first brought into clear light by him, and all subsequent work upon the subject must acknowledge its indebtedness to him.

  • In each city incorporated after its adoption, the Constitution requires the election in each of a mayor, a treasurer and a sergeant, each fora term of four years, and the election or appointment of a commissioner of the revenue for an equal term; that in cities having a population of 10,000 or more the council shall be composed of two branches; that the mayor shall have a veto on all acts of the council and on items of appropriation, ordinances or resolutions, which can be overridden only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch; and that no city shall incur a bonded indebtedness exceeding 18% of the assessed value of its real estate.

  • In 1907 the total bonded debt of the state was $393500; the General Assembly in 1906 authorized the issue of $900,000 worth of bonds to fund outstanding military certificates of indebtedness incurred in suppressing insurrections at Cripple Creek and elsewhere in 1903-1904.

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