indebtedness
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
indebtedness (usually uncountable, plural indebtednesses)
- State of owing money; being in debt.
- The state of owing something or being under obligation to someone.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 120-1:
- Strong on administrative competence, the ministers as a group were united in their indebtedness to Fleury and in a collective mistrust of any putative successor from the court.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 120-1:
- The amount owed.
- All debts totalled.
Translations
state of being in debt
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state of owing due to gratitude
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amount owed
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all debts totaled
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