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{
"term": "debt",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a sum of money that somebody owes",
"labels": "(informal)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(informal)(informal)(informal)(British English)(US English)(formal)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(informal)(informal)especially North American English",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **pay/repay a debt**"
},
{
"text": "I need to **pay off **all my debts."
},
{
"text": "I've finally cleared all my debts."
},
{
"text": "After settling his debts he was left with just £2000."
},
{
"text": "an outstanding debt of £300"
},
{
"text": "He had **run up** huge credit card **debts**."
},
{
"text": "They had incurred debts of over $1 million."
},
{
"text": "After a series of meetings, the banks were forced to write off the company's debts."
},
{
"text": "He was burdened with crippling debts."
},
{
"text": "a company faced with mounting debts"
},
{
"text": "He wanted to consolidate his debts into one payment."
},
{
"text": "The company has reached a deal allowing it to restructure its debts."
},
{
"text": "Only two payments were made, leaving an outstanding debt of £300."
},
{
"text": "Data show that debt levels at private companies are increasing."
},
{
"text": "Managing your student loan debt is not easy."
},
{
"text": "debts arising from bad investments"
},
{
"text": "a debt secured on property"
},
{
"text": "The fall in exports has left the country unable to service its debts."
},
{
"text": "Without a job, he'll never clear his debts."
},
{
"text": "The company defaulted on its debt and its assets were seized."
}
],
"topics": ["Money"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "crippling", "enormous"],
"verb + debt": ["be burdened with", "have", "owe (somebody)"],
"debt + verb": ["fall due", "stand at something", "total something"],
"debt + noun": ["collection", "collector", "payment"],
"preposition": ["of debt"],
"phrases": [
"a burden of debt",
"payment of a debt",
"repayment of a debt"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the situation of owing money, especially when you cannot pay",
"sensetop": "in debtout of debt",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He died heavily in debt.",
"contextForm": "in debt"
},
{
"text": "The club is £4 million in debt."
},
{
"text": "We were poor but we never **got into debt**."
},
{
"text": "It's hard to stay out of debt when you are a student.",
"contextForm": "out of debt"
},
{
"text": "The country's **debt burden** is increasing."
},
{
"text": "a solution to the debt crisis of the developing world"
},
{
"text": "We offer financial and debt-management advice."
},
{
"text": "Faced with a mounting burden of debt, he sold off the company."
},
{
"text": "Governments may find it increasingly difficult to manage their debt repayments."
},
{
"text": "She faces a mountain of debt—$60 000 in student loans and $15 000 in credit card balances."
}
],
"topics": ["Shopping"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["serious"],
"verb + debt": ["get into", "go into", "slip into"],
"preposition": ["in debt", "out of debt"],
"phrases": ["deeply in debt", "heavily in debt"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the fact that you should feel grateful to somebody because they have helped you or been kind to you",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I **owe** them **a debt of gratitude** that I can never repay."
},
{
"text": "I would like to acknowledge my debt to my teachers."
},
{
"text": "She was simply repaying a debt, saving his career in return for him saving hers."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great"],
"verb + debt": ["owe", "acknowledge", "recognize"],
"preposition": ["in somebody’s debt", "debt to"],
"phrases": ["owe a debt of gratitude to somebody"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to feel grateful to somebody for their help, kind behaviour, etc.",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I am in Ruth's debt for the excellent advice she gave me."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/det/",
"audio": "de/debt/debt__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/det/",
"audio": "de/debt/debt__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English dette: from Old French, based on Latin debitum ‘something owed’, past participle of debere ‘owe’. The spelling change in French and English was by association with the Latin word."
}