different between debt vs spending
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
debt From the web:
- what debt to pay off first
- what debts are forgiven at death
- what debts are not discharged in bankruptcy
- what debts are forgiven when you die
- what debt to equity ratio is good
- what debt collectors cannot do
- what debt ratio for mortgage
- what debts are included in dti
spending
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp?nd??/
- Hyphenation: spend?ing
Etymology 1
From Middle English spendyng, spendynge, from Old English spendung (“spending”), equivalent to spend +? -ing. Cognate with German Spendung (“contribution, donation”).
Noun
spending (countable and uncountable, plural spendings)
- (uncountable) gerund of spend, expenditure.
- An amount that has been, or is planned to be spent.
- excessive spendings
Hyponyms
- double spending
Etymology 2
From spend +? -ing.
Verb
spending
- present participle of spend
spending From the web:
- what spending is in the stimulus bill
- what spending is in the new stimulus bill
- what spending bills have passed
- what spending should the government cut
- what spending power amex
- what spending gets the highest percentage
- what is in the stimulus bill
- what is in the stimulus bill 2020
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- debt vs spending
- calibre vs standing
- combination vs syndicate
- kind vs stamp
- use vs practice
- secret vs unfathomable
- entertaining vs suspicious
- enthusiasm vs backbone
- engender vs fertilise
- scanty vs thin
- boldness vs guts
- devastating vs hurtful
- fillet vs girdle
- unite vs grapple
- inspired vs passionate
- discern vs consider
- habitation vs building
- tease vs ruffle
- encase vs conceal
- secluded vs aloof