debt

Definition

  • noun: an amount of money that you owe to a person, bank, company, etc.
  • noun: something owed
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: sin, obligation, liability

Examples

  • The photographer has acknowledged a/his 'debt' to Andy Warhol. [=the photographer has said that his work was influenced by the photographs made by Andy Warhol]

  • banks with millions of dollars of 'bad debt' [=banks that have loaned millions of dollars that will not be repaid]

  • She's finally paid off her mortgage 'debt'. [=the money that she owed the bank to pay for her house]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - And you're not anymore. Allow me a moment alone with Lord Baelish. Yes, father. And thank you, Lord Baelish. I'm forever in your debt. He seems pleased. Shouldn't he be? I assure you she's still a virgin. Tyrion never consumated the marriage. By the law of the land, she's no man's wife. (..)
    2015 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: High Sparrow Season: 5 Episode 3