Elementary 📚 Vocabulary · #487 of 1319

debt (n.)

money owed

Examples

  • He is in debt.

Key rules

  • Debt is money owed to someone
  • In debt, pay off debt, national debt
  • Debt is countable and uncountable

Common mistakes

  • He has many debt → He has a lot of debt
💡 Tip: Personal finance // Business finance // Government budgets
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