(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.

(law, finance) A debt to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased or insolvent person.

(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.

(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.

(politics, economics) The limit up to which an entity (usually a government) is legally allowed to borrow.

(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.

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative form of debt of honor

The partial or total forgiveness of debt.

Free of debt, not owing any money.