debt

🇬🇧 UK/det/🇺🇸 US
NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFLB1

Definitions

n.

Money or something owed to another person or organization; the state of owing

债务,欠款

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
debtother
=debt

Common Collocations

  • 1.pay debt偿还债务
  • 2.national debt国债
  • 3.debt crisis债务危机

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He took out a loan to pay off his outstanding debt.

  • 2.

    The country struggled with national debt that kept growing every year.

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