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indebted

adjective

in·​debt·​ed in-ˈde-təd How to pronounce indebted (audio)
1
: owing gratitude or recognition to another : beholden
2
: owing money

Example Sentences

thereafter forever felt indebted to the producer for giving her her lucky break
Recent Examples on the Web Though debt service costs remain contained for now, rising borrowing costs for indebted governments threatened the eurozone with a breakup in the early part of the last decade. Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2022 Though debt service costs remain contained for now, rising borrowing costs for indebted governments threatened the eurozone with a breakup in the early part of the last decade. Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 15 June 2022 Though debt service costs remain contained for now, rising borrowing costs for indebted governments threatened the eurozone with a breakup in the early part of the last decade. Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2022 China’s property woes began roughly one year ago, when new government rules caused indebted property giant Evergrande to default on outstanding bonds. Grady Mcgregor, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2022 Cripplingly indebted after 1918, Britain was well-nigh bankrupt after 1945. Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2022 Some states, however, are faced with an acute problem: Subsidies provided by highly-indebted ones such as Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab cost them 14.1%, 10.8% and 17.8%, respectively, of their revenue receipts. Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 22 Aug. 2022 Lastly, and most controversially in the eyes of the traditional commodity exchanges, FTX would automatically liquidate the on-exchange assets of users who become too indebted. Freddy Brewster, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 Our federal government has abused its power by passing bills that made America grossly indebted to other nations. Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English indetted, from Anglo-French endetté, past participle of endetter to run into debt, from en- + dette debt

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of indebted was in the 13th century

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