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    [Noun]  | "debt" | \ ˈdet \


    1: something owed : obligation

    2: a state of being under obligation to pay or repay someone or something in return for something received : a state of owing

    3: the common-law action for the recovery of money held to be due

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English dette, debte, from Anglo-French dette something owed, from Vulgar Latin *debita, from Latin, plural of debitum debt, from neuter of debitus, past participle of debēre to owe, from de- + habēre to have {mat|give|};

    [Noun]  | "debt service" 


    1: the amount of interest and sinking fund payments due annually on long-term debt

    Origin: 1929 ;

    [Noun]  | "debt burden" 


    1: the amount of money that one owes

    [Noun]  | "debt load" 


    1: the amount of money that someone owes

    [Noun]  | "oxygen debt" 


    1: a cumulative deficit of oxygen available for oxidative metabolism that develops during periods of intense bodily activity and must be made good when the body returns to rest

    Origin: 1923 ;

    [Noun]  | "bad debt" 


    1: loans that will not be repaid

    [Noun]  | "consumer debt" 


    1: a debt from buying something at a store

    [Noun phrase]  | "debt of gratitude" 


    1: appreciation or thanks that someone should give another person

    [Adjective]  | "debt-ridden" 


    1: having too much debt

    [Idiom]  | "debt to society" 


    1: —used in phrases such as pay your debt to society to refer to being punished for committing a crime

    [Noun]  | "debt" 


    1: something (as money) which is owed;


      * e.g., " ... he filed for bankruptcy when his debts exceeded his assets "




    2: a breaking of a moral or legal code;


      * e.g., " ... forgive us our debts "



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     [ "debt" ]

    1: What America is in a lot of.

      * e.g.,  ... Man #1 - A certain devious old Texan and his group of meddling friends have put America in trillions of dollars of debt!  

     [ "debt" ]

    1: Legal slavery. Selling your soul and basically flushing your dreams, hopes and life down the toilet. To be in debt is to be enslaved, controlled and suppressed for the rest of your life, or until you are bankrupt. Debt is almost a form of mind control, used to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

      * e.g.,  ... Do not ever get yourself into debt. Ever. You will regret it for the rest of your life. Save up instead. This way the banks, agencies and government cannot take your money and your hard work. 

     [ "debt" ]

    1: the opposite of having something

      * e.g.,  ... the debt collectors took one of her kidneys to pay for her liver transplant 

     [ "debt" ]

    1: Debt -- Someone or something that ruins a good thing

      * e.g.,  ... Yeah man, I was working on this chickenhead but then Jimmy  

     [ "debt" ]

    1: To take or steal something

      * e.g.,  ... Im about to debt some weed off that bitch. 

     [ "debt" ]

    1: The state of owing something, typically money.

      * e.g.,  ... I am in so much debt right now. 

     [ "debt" ]

    1: to "debt" a person is to kill them.

      * e.g.,  ... ...and if I debt you, it's only 'cause I love you. 

     [ "debt" ]

    1: to owe money

      * e.g.,  ... Dave has a deep debt 

     [ "debted" ]

    1: The action of getting dissed or humiliated in front of others. This word is then said by a bystander not by the people taking part in the action. Not normally a good thing to have happen to you- but a pretty chill way to call someone out on it.

      * e.g.,  ... Josh: Yo i hooked up with this chick last night- she was bangin. 

     [ "debted" ]

    2: Alternate spellings include: deaded, deded, dedded

      * e.g.,  ... Andrew: Nah son, she was like prepubescent- she looked like your 5 year old sister. 

     [ "Debt" ]

    1: A modern form of slavery.

      * e.g.,  ... I have to buy a car so I can get to work. I owe about 10,000 on it. Now I have to work to pay for the car, gas, and insurance. ... cycle continues through life until one dies Debt is slavery. 

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