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- debt [dεt]
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1.
n
something that is owed, such as money, goods, or services
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2.
n
an obligation to pay or perform something; liability
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3.
n
the state of owing something, esp money, or of being under an obligation (esp in the phrases in debt, in (someone's) debt)
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4.
n
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French dette, from Latin d
e bitum, from de be re to owe, fromde- + habe re to have; English spelling influenced by the Latin etymon
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1.
n
something that is owed, such as money, goods, or services
Examples
- to be in sb's debt/owe sb a debt
- [frm] 欠某人的人情债 → debt
- a bad debt
- 呆帐 → bad
- contract a debt
- 负债 → contract
- be in debt
- 欠债，负债 → debt
- deep in debt
- 债台高筑 → deep
- to incur a debt
- 负债，陷于债务中 → incur
- to run oneself into debt
- 使自己背债 → run
- lost in a sea of debt
- 负债累累 → sea
- Debt has a silent "b".
- Debt这个词中有一不发音的“b”。 → silent
- an unsettled debt
- 一笔未清的债务 → unsettled
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