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debt

noun
something, typically money, that is owed or due:
借金, 借り, 負債, 債務
e.g. I paid off my debts
e.g. a way to reduce Third World debt.
the state of owing money:
借金している状態
e.g. the firm is heavily in debt.
usually in singular a feeling of gratitude for a service or favor:
⦅かたく⦆ 〖通例単数形で〗 «…に対する» 恩, 恩義 «to»
e.g. we owe them a debt of thanks.

PHRASES
owe gratitude to someone for a service or favor.

ORIGIN
Middle English dette: from Old French, based on Latin debitum ‘something owed’, past participle of debereowe’. The spelling change in French and English was by association with the Latin word.