noun
Meaning 1
State of owing money; being in debt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- Near-synonym: debtorship
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: debtorship
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
indebtedness
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ɪnˈdɛtɪdnəs/
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CMU ARPABET: IH2 N D EH1 T IH0 D N IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The state of owing something or being under obligation to someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- Near-synonym: debtorship
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: debtorship
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The amount owed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: debt, obligation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: balance, burden
noun
Meaning 4
All debts totalled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: debt, obligation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: balance, burden
noun
Meaning 5
a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: obligation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: personal relation, personal relationship
noun
Meaning 6
an obligation to pay money to another party
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: liability, financial obligation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: obligation
Narrower terms: limited liability, debt, arrears, account payable, payable, scot and lot
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English indebted Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English indebtedness From indebted + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: задълженост (zadǎlženost) — state of being in debt
- Catalan: endeutament — state of being in debt
- Finnish: velkaisuus — state of being in debt
- French: endettement — state of being in debt
- German: Verschuldung — state of being in debt
- German: Verbindlichkeit — state of being in debt
- Hungarian: tartozás — state of being in debt
- Hungarian: adósság — state of being in debt
- Hungarian: eladósodottság — state of being in debt
- Italian: indebitamento — state of being in debt
- Portuguese: endividamento — state of being in debt
- Romanian: îndatorire — state of being in debt
- Romanian: îndatorare — state of being in debt
- Russian: задо́лженность (zadólžennostʹ) — state of being in debt
- Spanish: endeudamiento — state of being in debt
- Catalan: endeutament — state of owing due to gratitude
- Finnish: kiitollisuudenvelka — state of owing due to gratitude
- French: endettement — state of owing due to gratitude
- German: Verpflichtung — state of owing due to gratitude
- German: Pflicht — state of owing due to gratitude
- German: Schuld — state of owing due to gratitude
- Hungarian: lekötelezettség — state of owing due to gratitude
- Italian: debito di riconoscenza — state of owing due to gratitude
- Norwegian: takknemlighetsgjeld — state of owing due to gratitude
- Spanish: endeudamiento — state of owing due to gratitude
- Swedish: tacksamhetsskuld — state of owing due to gratitude
- Bulgarian: дълг (dǎlg) — amount owed
- Finnish: velka — amount owed
- Finnish: velkamäärä — amount owed
- French: endettement — amount owed
- German: Schuldensumme — amount owed
- German: Schuldbetrag — amount owed
- Hungarian: tartozás — amount owed
- Hungarian: adósság — amount owed
- Romanian: datorie — amount owed
- Romanian: îndatorire — amount owed
- Finnish: kokonaisvelka — all debts totaled
- French: endettement — all debts totaled
- German: Gesamtschuld — all debts totaled