plural of technical debt

(software engineering) The implied cost of additional future work caused by choosing an easy but inferior solution originally.

plural of book debt

(chiefly Australia, colloquial) An automated process of debt recovery, especially that employed by Centrelink.

(law) A duty by which a party to an agreement is legally bound to pay the maturity of a debt at a time and in a manner as is stipulated within a given contract or promissory note.

(law) The process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses.

(finance) A debt for articles charged by the seller in their book account.

(economics) financed by debt

Synonym of phantom debt.

(finance) Debt that is old, defaulted, or not owed but has somehow been revived, henceforth haunting the presumed debtor.