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debt
English
Alternative forms
- dette (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English dette, dett, borrowed from Old French dete (French dette), from Medieval Latin d?bita, from Latin d?bitum (“what is owed, a debt, a duty”), neuter of d?bitus, perfect passive participle of d?be? (“I owe”), contraction of *dehibe? (“I have from”), from de (“from”) + habe? (“I have”). Doublet of debit.
The unpronounced "b" in the modern English spelling is a Latinisation from the Latin etymon d?bitum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- Homophone: death (with th-stopping)
Noun
debt (countable and uncountable, plural debts)
- An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
- The state or condition of owing something to another.
- (finance) Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
- (law) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
Derived terms
Related terms
- debit
- debitor
- debtor
- indebted
Translations
See also
- owe
Further reading
- debt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- debt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Middle English
Noun
debt
- Alternative form of dette
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cosigner
English
Etymology
co- +? signer or cosign +? -er
Noun
cosigner (plural cosigners)
- A cosignatory
- (law) A person who accepts joint responsibility for the debt of another
Translations
Anagrams
- cogniser
French
Etymology
co- +? signer
Verb
cosigner
- To cosign
Conjugation
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