indebtedness

English

Etymology

From indebted +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdɛtɪdnəs/

Noun

indebtedness (usually uncountable, plural indebtednesses)

1. State of owing money; being in debt.

   Near-synonym: debtorship

   • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 738:

     Laws regarding indebtedness and indenture.

2. The state of owing something or being under obligation to someone.

   Near-synonym: debtorship

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, pages 120–1:

     Strong on administrative competence, the ministers as a group were united in their indebtedness to Fleury and in a collective mistrust of any putative successor from the court.

3. The amount owed.

   Synonyms: debt, obligation

   Hypernyms: balance; burden

4. All debts totalled.

   Synonyms: debt, obligation

   Hypernyms: balance; burden

Translations

state of being in debt

• Bulgarian: задълженост f (zadǎlženost)
• Catalan: endeutament m
• Finnish: velkaisuus (fi)
• French: endettement (fr) m
• German: Verschuldung (de) f, Verbindlichkeit (de) f
• Hungarian: tartozás (hu), adósság (hu), eladósodottság (hu)
• Italian: indebitamento (it) m
• Romanian: îndatorire (ro) f, îndatorare f
• Russian: задо́лженность (ru) f (zadólžennostʹ)
• Spanish: endeudamiento (es) m

state of owing due to gratitude

• Catalan: endeutament m
• Finnish: kiitollisuudenvelka (fi)
• French: endettement (fr) m
• German: Verpflichtung (de) f, Pflicht (de) f, Schuld (de) f
• Hungarian: lekötelezettség (hu)
• Italian: debito di riconoscenza
• Norwegian: takknemlighetsgjeld (no) m
• Spanish: endeudamiento (es) m
• Swedish: tacksamhetsskuld (sv) c

amount owed

• Bulgarian: дълг (bg) m (dǎlg)
• Finnish: velka (fi), velkamäärä
• French: endettement (fr) m
• German: Schuldensumme f, Schuldbetrag m
• Hungarian: tartozás (hu), adósság (hu)
• Romanian: datorie (ro) f, îndatorire (ro) f

all debts totaled

• Finnish: kokonaisvelka
• French: endettement (fr) m
• German: Gesamtschuld f