Need another word that means the same as “debt”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “debt” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Debt” are: bill, account, tally, amount due, money owing, in arrears, behind with payments, indebtedness, obligation, liability
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “debt” as a noun can have the following definitions:
account | A client having an account with a supplier. Send me an account of what I owe. |
amount due | How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. |
behind with payments | The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. |
bill | A poster or handbill. He pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead. |
in arrears | A state in midwestern United States. |
indebtedness | A personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor. The industry is taking steps to reduce indebtedness and cut costs. |
liability | The state of being legally responsible for something. Once you contact the card protection scheme your liability for any loss ends. |
money owing | Wealth reckoned in terms of money. |
obligation | The state of being obligated to do or pay something. Every right implies a responsibility every opportunity an obligation every possession a duty. |
tally | An account kept by means of a tally. I kept a tally of David s debt on a note above my desk. |
account | The department of a company that deals with financial accounts. I can t account for the missing money. |
accrue | Come into the possession of. Financial benefits will accrue from restructuring. |
amortize | Gradually write off the initial cost of (an asset) over a period. Eighty per cent of the proceeds has been used to amortize the public debt. |
bankrupt | Reduce a person or organization to bankruptcy. A bankrupt company. |
bankruptcy | The state of being bankrupt. The intellectual bankruptcy of the corporate media. |
borrow | Take and use (money) from a person or bank under an agreement to pay it back later. Lower interest rates will make it cheaper for individuals to borrow. |
cash | Exchange for cash. The staff were paid in cash. |
creditor | A person or company to whom money is owing. He sold his Ferraris to pay off his creditors. |
debenture | A certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt. |
debtor | A person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt. Debtor countries. |
default | Declare a party to have defaulted and give judgement against that party. Default settings. |
due | A payment that is due e g as the price of membership. Payment is due. |
fiduciary | (of a paper currency) depending for its value on securities (as opposed to gold) or the reputation of the issuer. In a fiduciary capacity. |
finance | The management of money and credit and banking and investments. The club s finances are stretched to the limit. |
funds | Assets in the form of money. |
insolvency | The state of being insolvent. The club was facing insolvency. |
insolvent | An insolvent person. An insolvent person. |
installment | The act of installing something (as equipment. |
liquidate | Convert into cash. Liquidate a company. |
liquidation | The process of liquidating a business. The company went into liquidation. |
loan | The temporary provision of money (usually at interest. The computer was loaned to us by the theatre. |
moratorium | A legal authorization to debtors to postpone payment. The debt was to be subject to a five year moratorium. |
overdue | (of a woman) not having had a menstrual period at the expected time. Overdue bills. |
owe | Owe something especially money to. I owe it to him to explain what s happened. |
owing | (of money) yet to be paid. No rent was owing. |
repay | Make repayment for or return something. Most of his fortune had been spent repaying creditors. |
repayment | Payment of a debt or obligation. Minimum monthly repayments. |
unpaid | (of work or a period of leave) undertaken without payment. Unpaid bills. |
usury | The act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest. The medieval prohibition on usury. |
wages | A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing. The wages of sin is death. |
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