Debt
noun
Money that you owe to someone.
She is trying to pay off a large debt.
Often appears as...
- pay a debt
- owe a debt
noun
An obligation or duty to repay or do something in return for something received.
I feel a deep debt of gratitude towards my teachers.
Often appears as...
- debt of gratitude
- debt of honour
noun
A negative balance; a deficit.
The country's public debt has risen dramatically.
Often appears as...
- national debt
- public debt
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Economic
noun
Money that you owe to someone.
She is trying to pay off a large debt.
Often appears as...
- pay a debt
- owe a debt
noun
An obligation or duty to repay or do something in return for something received.
I feel a deep debt of gratitude towards my teachers.
Often appears as...
- debt of gratitude
- debt of honour
noun
A negative balance; a deficit.
The country's public debt has risen dramatically.
Often appears as...
- national debt
- public debt
Usage tips
Economic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Financial Context
Use 'debt' to talk about money borrowed that must be paid back, often with interest.
Her car loan added to her growing debt.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Use
'In debt' is often used metaphorically to describe feeling obligated to someone for their help.
He's been in debt to his friend ever since that favor.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Collocations
Commonly paired phrases include 'debt relief,' 'debt consolidation,' and 'debt management.'
Many seek debt relief to escape financial pressure.
Pro Tip 1/3Financial Context
Use 'debt' to talk about money borrowed that must be paid back, often with interest.
Her car loan added to her growing debt.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Use
'In debt' is often used metaphorically to describe feeling obligated to someone for their help.
He's been in debt to his friend ever since that favor.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Collocations
Commonly paired phrases include 'debt relief,' 'debt consolidation,' and 'debt management.'
Many seek debt relief to escape financial pressure.
Pro Tip 1/3Financial Context
Use 'debt' to talk about money borrowed that must be paid back, often with interest.
Her car loan added to her growing debt.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Use
'In debt' is often used metaphorically to describe feeling obligated to someone for their help.
He's been in debt to his friend ever since that favor.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Collocations
Commonly paired phrases include 'debt relief,' 'debt consolidation,' and 'debt management.'
Many seek debt relief to escape financial pressure.
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What causes an economic...
Interest rates, meanwhile, reflect the cost of taking on debt for individuals and companies. The rate is typically an annual percentage of a loan that borrowers pay to their creditors until the loan is repaid. Low interest rates mean that companies can afford to borrow more money, which they can use to invest in more projects.
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
College has some shortcomings. It's expensive; it leaves young people in debt. But all in all, it's a pretty good path. Young people emerge from college with pride and with great friends and with a lot of knowledge about the world. And perhaps most importantly,
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What coronavirus means...
And it grows slowly. You know, one or two or three percent a year. It grows slowly, and it's not volatile, because knowledge isn't volatile. But it grows, and that raises our living standards over a period of time. Then there's the short-term debt cycle.
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The Art of Shaping a...
discipline that has the passion and has the talent you know to do what they do every day incrementally better until the day they die a master doesn't retire the master doesn't stop they do it until their debt it's a part of them it's who you are
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Capitalism will eat...
too terrified to invest it into the productive activities that can generate the incomes from which you can extinguish the mountain of debts and which can produce all those things that humanity desperately needs, like green energy.
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How people rationalize...
pressure, opportunity, and rationalization. Pressure is often what motivates someone to engage in fraud to begin with. It could be a personal debt, an addiction, an earnings quota, a sudden job loss, or an illness in the family.
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How the worst moments in...
But the self-loathing of that period left a void, and celebration needs to fill and overflow it, and even if I repay my private debt of melancholy, there's still an outer world of homophobia that it will take decades to address.
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Pulling back the curtain...
then lastly not a direct debt of the country but it's the contingent liabilities which we saw in the recent crisis is very important the too big to fail those institutions in a country where a government will step in if I
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Why the secret to...
audacious objectives. The first is debt relief for the poorest countries in the world. The next is universal access to anti-HIV drugs. Now, why are these good objectives? Let's go back to our checklist.
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Surrounded by Life PIPE...
far from the debt and sterility of the cave George is surrounded by countless forms of life
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What causes an economic...
Interest rates, meanwhile, reflect the cost of taking on debt for individuals and companies. The rate is typically an annual percentage of a loan that borrowers pay to their creditors until the loan is repaid. Low interest rates mean that companies can afford to borrow more money, which they can use to invest in more projects.
Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
College has some shortcomings. It's expensive; it leaves young people in debt. But all in all, it's a pretty good path. Young people emerge from college with pride and with great friends and with a lot of knowledge about the world. And perhaps most importantly,
Video examples
What coronavirus means...
And it grows slowly. You know, one or two or three percent a year. It grows slowly, and it's not volatile, because knowledge isn't volatile. But it grows, and that raises our living standards over a period of time. Then there's the short-term debt cycle.
Video examples
The Art of Shaping a...
discipline that has the passion and has the talent you know to do what they do every day incrementally better until the day they die a master doesn't retire the master doesn't stop they do it until their debt it's a part of them it's who you are
Video examples
Capitalism will eat...
too terrified to invest it into the productive activities that can generate the incomes from which you can extinguish the mountain of debts and which can produce all those things that humanity desperately needs, like green energy.
Video examples
How people rationalize...
pressure, opportunity, and rationalization. Pressure is often what motivates someone to engage in fraud to begin with. It could be a personal debt, an addiction, an earnings quota, a sudden job loss, or an illness in the family.
Video examples
How the worst moments in...
But the self-loathing of that period left a void, and celebration needs to fill and overflow it, and even if I repay my private debt of melancholy, there's still an outer world of homophobia that it will take decades to address.
Video examples
Pulling back the curtain...
then lastly not a direct debt of the country but it's the contingent liabilities which we saw in the recent crisis is very important the too big to fail those institutions in a country where a government will step in if I
Video examples
Why the secret to...
audacious objectives. The first is debt relief for the poorest countries in the world. The next is universal access to anti-HIV drugs. Now, why are these good objectives? Let's go back to our checklist.
Video examples
Surrounded by Life PIPE...
far from the debt and sterility of the cave George is surrounded by countless forms of life
Example 1 of 10
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Frank Lautenberg
American Politician
Anybody who has ever been in business, anybody who has ever paid bills, anybody who has ever lived in a serious adult life knows that indebtedness is a killer.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
I care very deeply about the people at Tesla. I feel like I have a great debt to the people of Tesla who are making the company successful.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
I finished my higher education deeply in debt and with seven years of bad credit in my future.
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Frankie Boyle
Scottish Comedian
We live in a culture built on debt, so we are encouraged to have no self control.
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Ernie Banks
American Baseball Player
I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.
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Sammy Davis, Jr.
American Entertainer
Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.
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Roy Blunt
American Politician
It's not long-term debt if the money is immediately paid back.
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Josh Peck
American Actor
I'm forever in debt to Nickelodeon. It made me who I am today.
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Manu Ginobili
Argentinian Athlete
The game gave me so much, I am in debt forever.
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Ted Yoho
American Politician
I'm not going to raise the debt ceiling.
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Frank Lautenberg
American Politician
Anybody who has ever been in business, anybody who has ever paid bills, anybody who has ever lived in a serious adult life knows that indebtedness is a killer.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
I care very deeply about the people at Tesla. I feel like I have a great debt to the people of Tesla who are making the company successful.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
I finished my higher education deeply in debt and with seven years of bad credit in my future.
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Frankie Boyle
Scottish Comedian
We live in a culture built on debt, so we are encouraged to have no self control.
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Ernie Banks
American Baseball Player
I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.
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Sammy Davis, Jr.
American Entertainer
Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.
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Roy Blunt
American Politician
It's not long-term debt if the money is immediately paid back.
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Josh Peck
American Actor
I'm forever in debt to Nickelodeon. It made me who I am today.
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Manu Ginobili
Argentinian Athlete
The game gave me so much, I am in debt forever.
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Ted Yoho
American Politician
I'm not going to raise the debt ceiling.
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