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

  • (..) in Wallstreet? Oh man, you should see what's going on the bigger firms, I mean I know all the information. It's true, Goldman, Lehmann Brothers, Merryl, collateralized debt obligation.. Internet stock bullshit? I mean, it's a fucking travesty. I mean I can take you step by step, to what (..)
    2013 The Wolf of Wall Street