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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
indebtedness
    n 1: an obligation to pay money to another party [syn:
         indebtedness, liability, financial obligation]
    2: a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or
       favor [syn: obligation, indebtedness]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Indebtedness \In*debt"ed*ness\, n.
   1. The state of being indebted.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The sum owed; debts, collectively.
      [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
INDEBTEDNESS. The state, of being in debt, without regard to the ability or 
inability of the party to pay the same. See 1 Story, Eq. 343; 2 Hill. Ab. 
421. 
     2. But in order to create an indebtedness, there must be an actual 
liability at the time, either to pay then or at a future time. If, for 
example, a person were to enter and become surety for another, who enters 
into a rule of reference, he does not thereby become a debtor to the 
opposite party until the rendition of the judgment on the award. 1 Mass. 
134. See Creditor; Debt; Debtor. 



Thesaurus Results for Indebtedness:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
accounts payable, accounts receivable, amount due, arrearage, arrears, bad debts, bankruptcy, bill, bills, borrowing, charges, chits, debt, delinquency, due, dues, failure, financial commitment, floating debt, funded debt, indebtment, insolvency, liability, maturity, national debt, nonpayment, obligation, outstanding debt, pledge, public debt, score, uncollectibles, unfulfilled pledge
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