Definition of indebtedness in English:
indebtedness
noun ɪnˈdɛtɪdnəsɪnˈdɛdədnəs
mass noun1The condition of owing money.
the industry is taking steps to reduce indebtedness and cut costs
Example sentencesExamples
- The company's level of indebtedness has now become a major issue for its bankers.
- Subsequent mortgage restructuring increased the indebtedness.
- The result has been the growth of both poverty and indebtedness.
- Total household indebtedness has gradually and consistently risen during this period.
- They served me with a letter of demand to repay my total indebtedness of $8 million forthwith.
- We sold the horses, and there still wasn't enough money to satisfy the indebtedness.
- He took a major role in the ensuing negotiations concerning German foreign indebtedness.
- As is the case in Asia, high levels of corporate indebtedness are likely.
- By January 1992 her total indebtedness to the bank amounted to some £288,000.
- The personal indebtedness of Americans has never been greater.
- 1.1 The feeling of owing gratitude for a service or favour.
I wish to express my indebtedness to my parents for all they have done
Example sentencesExamples
- But the feeling of sublime indebtedness, defining what is expressly human about humanity, is larger than religion.
- They felt a deep sense of indebtedness to the learned scholars of the early medieval period.
- The novel's indebtedness to the Gothic tradition is well established.
- He always admitted his deep indebtedness to Vinogradoff and the methods of research inculcated by him.
- The present writer gladly avails himself of this opportunity to record his indebtedness for much valuable individual instruction.
- Professor Clarke wishes to express her indebtedness to many people for help on this essay.
- The range and extent of Shakespeare's indebtedness is a badge of his genius, not a blemish upon it.
- The landscape shots underscore the indebtedness of Silko's work to her native land.
- The author's indebtedness to Greek ethics can be seen even more clearly in his discussion of the natural virtues.
- Charlotte Brontë's fear of being accused of plagiarism certainly rules out any conscious literary indebtedness.
Definition of indebtedness in US English:
indebtedness
nouninˈdedədnəsɪnˈdɛdədnəs
1The condition of owing money.
the industry is taking steps to reduce indebtedness and cut costs
Example sentencesExamples
- He took a major role in the ensuing negotiations concerning German foreign indebtedness.
- Subsequent mortgage restructuring increased the indebtedness.
- The result has been the growth of both poverty and indebtedness.
- By January 1992 her total indebtedness to the bank amounted to some £288,000.
- Total household indebtedness has gradually and consistently risen during this period.
- The personal indebtedness of Americans has never been greater.
- We sold the horses, and there still wasn't enough money to satisfy the indebtedness.
- As is the case in Asia, high levels of corporate indebtedness are likely.
- The company's level of indebtedness has now become a major issue for its bankers.
- They served me with a letter of demand to repay my total indebtedness of $8 million forthwith.
- 1.1 The feeling of owing gratitude for a service or favor.
I wish to express my indebtedness to my parents for all they have done
Example sentencesExamples
- He always admitted his deep indebtedness to Vinogradoff and the methods of research inculcated by him.
- The range and extent of Shakespeare's indebtedness is a badge of his genius, not a blemish upon it.
- The present writer gladly avails himself of this opportunity to record his indebtedness for much valuable individual instruction.
- The author's indebtedness to Greek ethics can be seen even more clearly in his discussion of the natural virtues.
- Professor Clarke wishes to express her indebtedness to many people for help on this essay.
- Charlotte Brontë's fear of being accused of plagiarism certainly rules out any conscious literary indebtedness.
- But the feeling of sublime indebtedness, defining what is expressly human about humanity, is larger than religion.
- The landscape shots underscore the indebtedness of Silko's work to her native land.
- The novel's indebtedness to the Gothic tradition is well established.
- They felt a deep sense of indebtedness to the learned scholars of the early medieval period.