indebtedness

From indebted + -ness.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdɛtɪdnəs/

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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