debt

About 26.55 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
2. noun The state or condition of owing something to another.

   I am in your debt.

3. noun Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
4. noun An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due

Similar words

indebtedness indebted receivable dette liability debtor owed borrow borrowing creditor

Often followed by

to of and is service in was or for

Word family

debtless debts