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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1320 COCA: 1871

debt

debt /ˈdɛt/ noun
plural debts
debt
/ˈdɛt/
noun
plural debts
Learner's definition of DEBT
[count] : an amount of money that you owe to a person, bank, company, etc.欠款;债务
see also national debt
[noncount] : the state of owing money to someone or something负债
[count] : the fact that you have been influenced or helped by someone or something人情债;恩情;情义usually singular通常用单数

debt to society

used in phrases like pay your debt to society to refer to being punished for committing a crime(因犯罪)受到惩罚

in someone's debt

◊ If you are in someone's debt, you are very thankful for something that someone has done for you.感激某人

owe a debt of gratitude/thanks to

: to have a good reason to be very grateful to (someone)万分感激(某人);欠(某人)恩情
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1320 COCA: 1871

debt

noun

1
: something owed : obligation
unable to pay off his debts
owe them a debt of gratitude
a criminal's debt to society
2
: a state of being under obligation to pay or repay someone or something in return for something received : a state of owing
deeply in debt to creditors
3
law and business : the common-law action for the recovery of money held to be due
4
: sin, trespass
Forgive us our debts.
debtless adjective

Example Sentences

He is trying to pay off gambling debts. The company has run up huge debts. Their debts are piling up. He's been working three jobs in an attempt to get out of debt. The company was in debt but is now turning a profit. I am deep in debt. I'm thousands of dollars in debt. She went into debt to pay for college. I'm worried that we will fall into debt. See More
Recent Examples on the Web Others feel the forgiveness is fair after struggling for years under an oppressive amount of debt. Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022 Early in 1857, while riding on the crest of her popularity and to get herself out of debt, Seacole sat down to write her memoirs in an attic room in Soho Square in London. Helen Rappaport, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2022 Some 50 million Americans lack traditional credit scores, which banks typically require when reviewing applications for all manner of consumer debt. David Benoit, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022 Interest rates are rising which means the cost of debt has increased. Tom Cooney And Crystal Faulkner, The Enquirer, 2 Sep. 2022 That was far below market borrowing costs for a small business facing significant operating risks and below the 10% cost of debt identified in the valuation documents. Mike Rogoway, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022 Vendors will likely be reassured by the cash infusion, but at the end of the day, the company still has a lot of debt. Allison Morrow, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022 But the discharge of student loan debt is taxable income under current Wisconsin law, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2022 As the Biden administration defends its plan to forgive a portion of federal student loan debt, the threat of a legal challenge looms. Paulina Tam, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English dette, debte, from Anglo-French dette something owed, from Vulgar Latin *debita, from Latin, plural of debitum debt, from neuter of debitus, past participle of debēre to owe, from de- + habēre to have — more at give

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4

Time Traveler
The first known use of debt was in the 13th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1320 COCA: 1871
debt

noun¹

1sum of money owed債款ADJECTIVE | VERB + DEBT | DEBT + VERB | DEBT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEbig, crippling, enormous, heavy, high, huge, large, massive, substantial巨債;造成嚴重影響的欠債;沉重的債務;高額債務He was burdened with crippling debts.他負債累累,深受其苦。mounting越積越多的債務a company faced with mounting debts負債越來越多的公司outstanding, unpaid未償債務She used her lottery winnings to pay off her outstanding debts.她用彩票獎金償還欠債。bad (= that cannot be repaid) 呆賬Bad debt has hit the bank's profits this year.呆賬影響了這家銀行今年的利潤。long-term, short-term長期債務;短期債務overall, total整體負債;負債總額gross, net總負債;淨負債commercial, corporate商業債務;企業負債federal, government聯邦/政府債務consumer消費者債務external, foreign, international外債;國際債務national, public國債;公債The country has a national debt of 80% of GNP.這個國家的國債相當於國民生產總值的 80%。personal個人債務He used the cash to pay off personal debts.他用這筆現金清償了私人債務。gambling賭債credit-card, loan, mortgage信用卡/貸款/按揭債務Managing your student loan debt is not easy.管理學生貸款債務不容易。VERB + DEBTbe burdened with, have, owe (sb)負債累累;負債;欠(某人)債the substantial debts that the company owed to the bank這家公司欠銀行的巨額債務accumulate, incur, run up積累債務;產生負債She ran up huge debts on her credit card.她信用卡上積累了巨額債務。clear, eliminate, meet, pay, pay back, pay off, repay, retire (NAmE, finance金融) , settle償清債務;還債
Without a job, he'll never clear his debts.沒有工作的話,他永遠不可能還清債務。It'll take months to pay off all your debts.還清你的債務需要好幾個月的時間。reduce減少債務tackle處理債務The new government's main aim is to tackle the country's massive debt.新政府的主要目標是處理國家的巨額債務。default on拖欠債務The company defaulted on its debt and its assets were seized.這家公司拖欠債務資產遭到查封。cancel, erase, forgive, wipe out, write off取消債務;勾銷債務;註銷債項After a series of meetings, the banks were forced to write off the company's debts.經過一系列的會議,銀行被迫註銷了這家公司的債務。service (= pay interest on) 支付債務利息The fall in exports has left the country unable to service its debts.出口的滑坡使這個國家無力支付債務利息。refinance, reschedule, restructure為債務再融資;重訂償債時間表;重組債務The company has reached a deal allowing it to restructure its debts.這家公司達成協議獲准重組其債務。consolidate合併債務He wanted to consolidate his debts into one payment.他想把債務合併在一起支付。manage管理債務The first step in managing your debt is to stop incurring it.管理債務的第一步是停止產生新的負債。secure擔保債務a debt secured on property以房產作擔保的債務DEBT + VERBfall due (BrE) 債務到期stand at sth, total sth債務金額為⋯;債務總計為⋯The national debt stands at $7 billion.國債總計達 70 億美元。arise from sth (BrE) 債務由⋯產生debts arising from bad investments錯誤投資產生的債務DEBT + NOUNcollection, collector收債;收債人payment, repayment債務償還burden, level, load, obligation債務負擔/水平/重荷/責任Data show that debt levels at private companies are increasing.數據顯示私營企業的負債水平在上升。problem債務問題management債務管理We offer financial and debt-management advice.我們提供金融和債務管理咨詢。cancellation, forgiveness, relief債務取消/豁免/免除reduction債務削減consolidation債務合併service債務處理服務crisis債務危機a solution to the debt crisis of the developing world發展中國家債務危機的解決方法PREPOSITIONof debt為數⋯的債務$80 million of debt8,000 萬美元的債務PHRASESa burden of debt債務負擔Faced with a mounting burden of debt, he sold off the company.他面臨着越來越重的債務負擔,只得賣掉了公司。payment of a debt, repayment of a debt, settlement of a debt債務支付/償還/結算
debt

noun²

2state of owing money負債ADJECTIVE | VERB + DEBT | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEserious嚴重負債VERB + DEBTget into, go into, slip into開始負債;陷入負債It is easy to get into serious debt with a credit card.使用信用卡很容易債台高築。get out of擺脫債務You can get out of debt by strict economizing.通過厲行節約你可以擺脫債務。PREPOSITIONin debt負債He was heavily in debt by the time he sought advice.他尋求建議時已經負債累累。out of debt不負債We're all struggling to stay out of debt.我們都在盡全力避免負債。PHRASESdeeply in debt, heavily in debt債台高築;負債累累
debt

noun³

3sth that you owe sb人情債ADJECTIVE | VERB + DEBT | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEgreat很大的人情VERB + DEBTowe欠人情acknowledge, recognize承認欠人情repay還人情She was simply repaying a debt, saving his career in return for him saving hers.她不過是還個人情,為報答他曾拯救過自己的事業才拯救他的事業。PREPOSITIONin sb's debt欠某人的情;感激某人I will be forever in Ruth's debt for the excellent advice she gave me.露絲給了我很好的建議,我會永遠感激她。debt to感激⋯In the introduction, the author acknowledges her debt to other writers on the subject.在前言中,作者表達了對在這個課題上有所貢獻的其他作者的感謝。PHRASESowe a debt of gratitude to sb感激某人We owe a great debt of gratitude to our families for their support.我們非常感激家人給予的支持。

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