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Any debt (such as a mortgage) used to buy, build, or substantially improve a primary or secondary residence.
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(business, accounting) A debt which cannot be recovered from the debtor, either because the debtor lacks the money to pay or because the debtor cannot be found and/or forced to pay.
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(finance, law) An order issued by a court which confirms that an individual is officially declared bankrupt.
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(insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
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One of a group of people who are jointly responsible for a debt.
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(US) A fixed fee paid by subscribers to a medical insurance scheme for each treatment or service in addition to a membership fee.
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(obsolete, transitive) To get on credit; to borrow.
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(finance) A significant default on a financial instrument or some other financial occurrence, such as bankruptcy, restructuring, repudiation, or moratorium, or failure to pay some other obligation, such as taxes.
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(finance) A person to whom a debt is owed.
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(law) The agreed discharge of a debt by giving something differing in character from that of the original debt
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(law) The conveyance of an estate to another for money borrowed, to be held by him until the debt is paid out of the rents and profits.
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Entitled to drawback or debenture.
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The holder of a debenture.
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(obsolete) A deputy; an official.
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The state or condition of owing something to another.
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The debt of a country or subdivision, when large enough that servicing it has become difficult.
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(law) The process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses.
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(US, set phrase) An obligation, especially a gambling debt based on a verbal promise, which is not legally enforceable but which is considered to be secured by the debtor's moral integrity.
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(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative form of debt of honor [(US, set phrase) An obligation, especially a gambling debt based on a verbal promise, which is not legally enforceable but which is considered to be secured by the debtor's moral integrity.]
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(euphemistic) Death, seen as an obligation that all living creatures must eventually "pay".
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The partial or total forgiveness of debt.
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(abstract) A situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities, compelling to them to incur new debt to repay existing ones.
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(economics) financed by debt
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(finance) Being or relating to a financial transaction that writes off a portion of a developing nation's foreign debt in exchange for local investments in environmental conservation.
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(law) One who is owed a debt; a creditor.
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(law) One who owes another anything, or is under obligation, arising from express agreement, implication of law, or principles of natural justice, to pay money or to fulfill some other obligation; in bankruptcy or similar proceedings, the person who is the subject of the proceeding.
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(finance, law, US) A natural person or corporation that has filed a bankruptcy petition, but remains in possession of property upon which a creditor has a lien or similar security interest. Such a business may continue to operate its business under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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The state of being in debt.
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Obsolete form of debtor. [(economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.]
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A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off
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(business) Engaging, when selling goods on credit, to guarantee to the principal that the purchaser is solvent. The seller is otherwise responsible for the debt.
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A debt that is overdue for payment.
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(economics) debt owed to creditors resident in the same country as the debtor
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That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
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(law) Owed to another party and required to be settled straight away.
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(countable) A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.
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(obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
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(law) One who is dependent on another.
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Obsolete form of indebted. [(usually with to) Obligated, especially financially.]
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Alternative form of indebtedness [State of owing money; being in debt.]
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(law) The new debtor introduced by expromission.
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An insurance contract that covers an employer against loss due to fraudulent or dishonest employees.
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(informal) An economic or budgetary crisis, especially one attributed to poor fiscal management by a government.
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(countable, finance) A debt that a country, an organization in a country, or a resident individual in a country owes to those in other countries.
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(law, historical) Alternative form of frankpledge. [(law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.]
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Permanent debts due by a government and paying interest.
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To assume or take responsibility for a debt or other obligation.
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A person or company that provides a guarantee.
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(law) In a bankruptcy proceeding, the proportional reduction in the debt that will be paid to each creditor, based on an evaluation of the total debt owed and the total assets of the debtor.
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(rare) One whose unpaid mortgage on a house exceeds the house's resale value.
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(transitive, archaic) To bring into debt; to place under obligation.
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State of owing money; being in debt.
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(law) The compensation provided for property taken via eminent domain. It is usually the fair market value of the property, but may be determined by other means.
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An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
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(law) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
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(economics) Any money owed by the government of a nation.
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(law) The general issue in certain actions of debt.
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(finance) Providing credit to borrowers that are more likely to default due to a poor credit history or other problems.
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(government) A person who is obligated by law to do something
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(law, finance) The party owed an obligation by another party, the obligor.
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(international law) The national debt incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the best interests of the nation, and thus considered to be a personal debt of the regime and not a debt of the state.
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(insurance, pensions) The payment of a spouse's or other dependant's annuity benefits concurrently with the member's benefits, on death of the member during the guarantee period.
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A person who owes something, especially money.
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Still to be paid; owed as a debt.
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(rare, economics) Relating to payment
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(in the plural) Debts owed by a business; liabilities.
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(during the European debt crisis) Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain, four countries that were unable to refinance their government debt or to bail out over-indebted banks on their own.
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(finance) Able to be used as a pledge, or as collateral
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The personal property so pledged, to be kept until the debt is paid.
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A creditor who will have, in the event of the debtor's bankruptcy, more right to collect than other creditors will.
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(law, finance) A debt to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased or insolvent person.
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A lawsuit to recover payment for goods that have been sold and delivered.
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(law) A trust created where a creditor has lent money to a debtor for a particular purpose. If the debtor uses the money for other purposes, it is held on trust for the creditor. Any inappropriately spent money can then be traced and returned to the creditor.
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A debt owed, usually to a business, from the perspective of that business
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Alternative spelling of recognizance [(law) a form of bail; a promise made by the accused to the court that they will attend all required judicial proceedings and will not engage in further illegal activity or other prohibited conduct as set by the court.]
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(law) A person who releases (surrenders) a claim on an estate
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(obsolete) The state of being in debt.
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(law) The right to withhold a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right is duly paid; a lien.
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(chiefly Australia, colloquial) An automated process of debt recovery, especially that employed by Centrelink.
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An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
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(law) One who makes a surrender, as of an estate.
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(law, in the Netherlands) The phase of reaching an agreement with the creditors of a bankrupt company.
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Having tax due only at a later time; having the tax duty deferred.
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(finance) Debt acquired through normal financial transactions which later proves to have little or no actual value
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(insurance, superannuation) Commission paid to the broker on the cost of policy renewal or ongoing contributions.
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(transitive) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.
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Insurance against loss of earnings during the time that an able-bodied worker is involuntarily unemployed.
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(finance, business) Any type of debt or general obligation that is not protected by a guarantor, or collateralized by a lien on specific assets of the borrower in the case of a bankruptcy or liquidation.
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On which VAT must be paid.
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(law, historical) The giving of gage, or sureties, by a defendant in an action of debt, that at a certain day assigned he would take an oath in open court that he did not owe the debt, and at the same time bring with him eleven compurgators who would avow that they believed in their consciences that he spoke the truth.
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