Definition of debt

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Debt (n.) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.

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Appropriation :: Appropriation (n.) The application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter..
Release :: Release (n.) Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance..
Contributory :: Contributory (n.) One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness..
Chevisance :: Chevisance (n.) A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact..
Defray :: Defray (v. t.) To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc..
Asylum :: Asylum (n.) A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege..
Composition :: Composition (n.) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment..
Amortize :: Amortize (v. t.) To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund..
Undue :: Undue (a.) Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond..
Debenture :: Debenture (n.) A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due..
Unincumbered :: Unincumbered (a.) Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage, or other charge or debt; as, an estate unincumbered with dower..
Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt..
Pay :: Pay (v. i.) To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt..
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant..
Extent :: Extent (n.) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment..
Acquittance :: Acquittance (n.) The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.
Liquidate :: Liquidate (v. t.) In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of , and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness)..
Indebted :: Indebted (a.) Placed under obligation for something received, for which restitution or gratitude is due; as, we are indebted to our parents for their care of us in infancy; indebted to friends for help and encouragement..
Redemptioner :: Redemptioner (n.) One who redeems himself, as from debt or servitude..
Payment :: Payment (n.) That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise; reward; recompense; requital; return..
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