Meaning

4 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.

    Schuld, Verbindlichkeit, Verpflichtung

    долгdolg, обя́занностьobjázannostʹ

    боргborh, зобов'я́занняzobovʺjázannja, обо́в'язокobóvʺjazok

  2. (countable, uncountable)The state or condition of owing something to another.

    I am in your debt.

    We owe them a debt of gratitude for taking care of our pets.

    Schulden, Verbindlichkeit

    долгdolg, задо́лженностьzadólžennostʹ

    боргborh

    the state of owing something (especially money)

  3. (countable, uncountable)Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.

    Schulden, Verbindlichkeit

    долгdolg, задо́лженностьzadólžennostʹ

    боргborh

    money or goods or services owed by one person to another

  4. (countable, uncountable)An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due

Examples

536 sentences

  1. I have a debt to pay.

    Мені треба заплатити борг. — deniko

    deIch habe Schuld zu bezahlen. — Tjagotje

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  2. We had to write off the debt.

    Ми були змушені списати борг. — deniko

    ruНам пришлось аннулировать долг. — Balamax

    deWir mussten unsere Schulden abschreiben. — andz

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  3. I'm up to my ears in debt.

    Я по самі вуха у боргах. — deniko

    ruЯ по уши в долгах. — marafon

    deIch stecke bis über die Ohren in Schulden. — enteka

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  4. Tom has a lot of credit card debt.

    У Тома великий борг по кредитній картці. — deniko

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  5. I will pay my debt as soon as possible.

    Я поверну борг якомога швидше. — deniko

    deIch werde meine Schulden so schnell wie möglich bezahlen. — Wolf

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another:
Русский
By meaning 2
action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another:
state or condition of owing something to another:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another:
state or condition of owing something to another:

Origin

From Middle English dette, dett, borrowed from Old French dete (French dette), from Mediev

From Middle English dette, dett, borrowed from Old French dete (French dette), from Medieval Latin dēbita, from Latin dēbitum (“what is owed, a debt, a duty”), neuter of dēbitus, perfect passive participle of dēbeō (“to owe”), contraction of *dehibeō (“I have from”), from de (“from”) + habeō (“to have”). Doublet of debit. Displaced native Old English eofot.

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Forms

plural: debts
Singulardebt
Pluraldebts

regular

Word family

59 related words
RelateddebitB2indebtedB2oweB1debitordebtor
Derivedacquisition debtantidebtbad debtbonded debtbook debtcarbon debtdebt bondagedebt burdendebt ceilingdebt collectiondebt collectordebteddebteedebt enforcementdebt-financeddebt-for-naturedebt-freedebtholderdebt instrumentdebt-ladendebtlessdebtlikedebt obligationdebt release

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

Collocations

4 patterns
  • debt of gratitude
  • off his debts
  • pay my debts
  • a debt of

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
debitB2debrisB1debtordebugdebunk
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