Debt
Nouns
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debt, obligation, liability, indebtment, debit, score. bill
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check
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account (credit) Credit. arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency etc. (nonpayment) Nonpayment
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bad debt. interest
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premium
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usance, usury
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floating debt, floating capital. debtor, debitor
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mortgagor
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defaulter etc. Nonpayment
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borrower.
Verbs
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be in debt etc. adj.
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owe
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incur a debt, contract a debt etc. n.
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run up a bill, run up a score, run up an account
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go on tick
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borrow etc. Borrowing
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run into debt, get into debt, outrun the constable
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run up debts, run up bills (spend) Expenditure. answer for, go bail for. [notify a person of his indebtedness: ] bill, charge.
Adjectives
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indebted
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liable, chargeable, answerable for. in debt, in embarrassed circumstances, in difficulties
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incumbered, involved
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involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over one's head in debt, over head and ears in debt
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deeply involved
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fast tied up
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insolvent etc. (not paying) Nonpayment
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minus, out of pocket. unpaid
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unrequited, unrewarded
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owing, due, in arrear, outstanding
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past due.
Phrases
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neither a borrower nor a lender be" [Hamlet].