Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Debt

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