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
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.
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Harvard Bioscience is exploring alternative sources of capital to refinance its outstanding indebtedness to avoid default under the Credit Agreement.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025
The publication of the University of Chicago’s 2022 financial statements sounded alarms about its extraordinary indebtedness.
—Clifford Ando, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Even President Joe Biden’s effort to cancel certain student loan indebtedness has been defended as an exercise of prosecutorial discretion.
—Stephen L. Carter, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2025
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Harvard Bioscience is exploring alternative sources of capital to refinance its outstanding indebtedness to avoid default under the Credit Agreement.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025
The publication of the University of Chicago’s 2022 financial statements sounded alarms about its extraordinary indebtedness.
—Clifford Ando, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Even President Joe Biden’s effort to cancel certain student loan indebtedness has been defended as an exercise of prosecutorial discretion.
—Stephen L. Carter, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indebtedness
debt
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Moreover, $14 trillion in U.S. debt maturing soon will be refinanced — likely at higher rates, noted CNBC.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Then, in a flurry of new moves in early May, officials sought to offset the impact of the Trump's tariffs, which threatened to further trouble an economy already beset by a property crisis, falling consumer demand and a high level of local government debt.—
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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“Indebtedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indebtedness. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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