as in debt
something (as money) which is owed
his total indebtedness exceeded a year's income
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Recent Examples of indebtedness
California mortgage interest is limited to $1 million plus $100,000 home equity indebtedness.
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Our nation’s debt and interest death spiral are well underway with world war levels of indebtedness and interest payments exceeding defense spending.
—Lynn Mucenski Keck, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
These funds were used to repay indebtedness.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2025
In particular, the deepening of climate damage and the rise of indebtedness are correlated and both are world problems, at a time when coordination between the great powers is at its lowest ebb since the 1930s.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Our nation’s debt and interest death spiral are well underway with world war levels of indebtedness and interest payments exceeding defense spending.
—Lynn Mucenski Keck, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
These funds were used to repay indebtedness.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2025
In particular, the deepening of climate damage and the rise of indebtedness are correlated and both are world problems, at a time when coordination between the great powers is at its lowest ebb since the 1930s.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indebtedness
debt
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Here are the 11 other Texas cities with increasing auto loan debt.—
Paris Goodman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2025
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The average credit card debt per borrower was $6,371 during that time, based on data from TransUnion, one of the three major credit reporting companies.—
Sharon Epperson,
CNBC,
4 June 2025
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“Indebtedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indebtedness. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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