英语词汇“debt”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	debt
释义	debt I. \ˈdet, usu -ed.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English debte, alteration (influenced in spelling by Middle French debte, from Old French, alteration — influenced in spelling by Latin debitum — of dette, dete) of dette, from Old French dette, dete, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin debita, from Latin, plural of debitum debt, from neuter of debitus, past participle of debēre to owe, from de from + habēre to have — more at de-, habit 1. : a neglect or violation of duty : fault, sin, trespass < forgive us our debts — Mt 6:12 (Revised Standard Version) > 2. : a state of owing < hopelessly in debt > 3. : something (as money, goods, or services) owed by one person to another < a mortgage debt > : something that one person is bound to pay to another or perform for his benefit : something owed : obligation < debt of gratitude > 4. : the common-law action for the recovery of a certain specified sum of money held to be due or of a sum that can be simply and certainly ascertained — called also action of debt; compare form of action Synonyms: indebtedness, obligation, liability, debit, arrear, arrearage: debt often applies to a single definite amount of money owed; in reference to things other than money it may indicate a definite service or favor equivalent to one rendered < a debt of $200 to the store > < the immense debt the legal profession and the reading public owe to the publishers for their public spirit in producing these records — Norman Birkett > indebtedness in this sense refers to a total due < in practically all states there is either a constitutional or a statutory limitation upon the amount of indebtedness that cities may incur — F.A.Ogg & P.O.Ray > < the Canadian government continued to make great progress in the reduction of its huge wartime indebtedness — Collier's Year Book > obligation may suggest a formal expression of indebtedness or a formal agreement to pay < a contract is said to be ‘performed<18> or <17>discharged’ when all the obligations have been fulfilled on both sides — Ronald Rubinstein > < to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained — U.N.Charter > liability is the term opposite in meaning to asset in the terminology of accountants; it applies to any item of indebtedness, as an account payable, tax due, interest payment pledged < liabilities may be broadly classified as external and internal, external liabilities being accountabilities due to persons having no basic equity in the business, and internal being amounts due to the owners of the business and pertaining to their equities — Journal of Accountancy > debit in accounting is the opposite of credit and designates a sum allotted for any outgo. arrear — more often arrears — and arrearage refer to an unpaid balance on a debt or account < arrears of rent are again becoming a serious problem to local authorities — New Statesman & Nation > < arrearages piled up rapidly and Congress was forced to pass law after law for the relief of the settlers — D.E.Clark > II. adjective Etymology: alteration of Middle English dette, from dette, n. obsolete : due, owed < to pay ourselves what to ourselves is debt — Shakespeare >
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