indebtedness
5
7.0
- noun
- /ɪnˈdɛtɪdnəs/
:
endeudamiento
- The state's net indebtedness in the past year reached 6.3 percent of the GNP.
- level of indebtedness
- excessive indebtedness
- foreign indebtedness
Examples
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The fourth and final theme reflected borrowers' attitudes about their indebtedness and how this debt would affect their lives after college.
Academic text (2015) -
The focus of this article is on four decades of indebtedness covering the period from 1980 to 2020.
Academic text (2001) -
After 1991, the level of Middle Eastern indebtedness has declined.
Academic text (2000) -
The government maintains that the indebtedness of the Latin American countries is a threat to possible democratic consolidation.
Academic text (1992) -
In order to examine why farmers sell to middlemen, we need to consider the role of farmer indebtedness.
Academic text (2017) -
In Ecuador, the initial poverty and indebtedness of smallholders themselves are to blame.
Academic text (1994) -
The economic pathway includes such factors as unemployment, housing shortages and foreclosures, bankruptcies, medical indebtedness, and lack of insurance.
Academic text (2011) -
After years of planning, the family's indebtedness left them struggling to pay their bills each month.
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Her rising indebtedness due to student loans made it difficult for her to save for a house.
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The government's accumulating indebtedness is causing concern among financial analysts and citizens alike.
Synonyms
∞
2.6
An amount of money that you owe to someone
176
5.1
A legal responsibility to pay money for damage
4
4.5
An amount of money someone must pay to another person or company
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A written paper that shows a person owes money and promises to pay it back
How Indebted
- Specialized
315
4.1
- Specialized
12
6.8
5
7.0
∞
2.6
∞
3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
indebtedness = indebted (semi-transparent) = in + debt + ed + ness
This is a standard noun formation from the adjective 'indebted' meaning the state or condition of being indebted.
Etymology
Indebtedness in the money sense comes from the word debt, which means 'what you owe'. So, indebtedness is simply the state of owing money or having to pay back what you borrowed.