debt
They are heavily in debt to the bank.
He was £75,000 in debt to credit card companies.
The microfinance scheme allows people who are in debt to moneylenders to refinance their loans with a lower interest rate.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Borrowing & lending
amortizable
amortization
amortize
bond measure
bond referendum
bonded
bridging loan
credit limit
debt
get behind
hole
loan
microloan
non-current
non-interest
non-prime
nonaccrual
outstanding
usury
write something off
in debt to someone/somethingcollocation (GRATEFUL)
If you are in debt to someone, you feel grateful to them for something that they have done:
I have to thank them for bringing me to the club - I will always be in debt to them.
I will always be in debt to them for their kindness when I was in trouble.
Seedebt
Thank you for all your hard work; I'm in debt to you.
I am deeply in debt to them for their contribution to the work of this department.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Relieved and thankful
all's well that ends wellidiom
appreciate
appreciative
appreciative of something
appreciatively
beholden
bless you!idiom
count
gratitude
gratitude journal
I owe you (one)idiom
in acknowledgment of something
indebtedness
mind
release
thank God, goodness, heaven(s), etc.idiom
thank your lucky starsidiom
thankful
thankfully
thankfulness