Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The state of being indebted.
- n. Something owed to another.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being indebted, without regard to ability or inability to pay the debt.
- n. The amount owed; debts collectively: as, the indebtedness of an individual or a corporation.
Wiktionary
- n. State of owing money; being in debt.
- n. The state of owing something or being under obligation to someone.
- n. The amount owed.
- n. All debts totalled.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The state of being indebted.
- n. The sum owed; debts, collectively.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor
- n. an obligation to pay money to another party
Etymologies
- From indebted + -ness. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“That was damaging enough to the principles of capitalism, but reduction of principal indebtedness is just another step in punishing prudent investors and indicates a lack of understanding of the dire consequences of that policy.”
“Although it seems as if it crept up on us, student-loan indebtedness is not an accident but a policy.”
“Here's one of the vote deprived indebted cons whose case, with help from the ACLU, went to our state supreme court claiming she's being punished by not being able to vote until her financial indebtedness is paid off - at a rate of $10 a month plus interest:”
“If financial indebtedness is going to be a test for determining voting rights, I would submit that a credit check for our voters would probably eliminate most of them.”
“When they complain about Obama's spending, they should be reminded that their vote to expand Medicare added $17.2 trillion to the nation's long-term indebtedness, according to the latest report by Medicare's trustees Table III.C23.”
“Most telling are the facts that Canadians 'savings are at an all time low, our level of personal indebtedness is at an historic and menacing high, and our contributions to personal retirement savings plans are comparatively modest.”
“In Great Britain export trade has been stepped up to over pre-war figures, and doubtless her sterling indebtedness is being reduced.”
“In 1914, our total debt amounted to three hundred and thirty ($330,000,000) million dollars; today, the nation's indebtedness is something like fifteen billions, and as you read, or rather read, on Johnnie Walker labels, "Still going strong".”
“Our total internal indebtedness is 65 million dollars.”
The Economic Conditions and Policies of the Irish Free State
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