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

plural of debt

indebted; under obligation

simple past tense and past participle of debt

(informal, computing) Technical debt.

(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.

plural of unsecured debt

(economics) debt owed to creditors resident in the same country as the debtor

(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.

having a burden of debt