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indebtedness

American  
[in-det-id-nis] / ɪnˈdɛt ɪd nɪs /

noun

  1. the state of being indebted.

  2. an amount owed.

  3. debts collectively.


indebtedness British  
/ ɪnˈdɛtɪdnɪs /

noun

  1. the state of being indebted

  2. the total of a person's debts

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of indebtedness

First recorded in 1640–50; indebted + -ness

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Indebtedness to a place thus entails neither blind praise nor arrogance about how great it is but a determination to see that it lives up to its potential and its promise.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2018

Indebtedness of the seven principal nations engaged in the European war has crossed $75,000,000,000.

From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Miller, Kelly

Indebtedness is the great curse of Indian agriculture, and the peasant's chief necessity is cheap credit obtained on a system that will not cause him to sink deeper into the mire.

From Indian Unrest by Chirol, Valentine, Sir

"Planter Indebtedness and the Coming of the Revolution in Virginia."

From The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 by Virginia. History, Government, and Geography Service

Indebtedness to oxygen    The chemist may repay, But not the obligation    To electricity.

From Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Dickinson, Emily

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