Meaning of INDEBTED
| Pronunciation: | | in'detid
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| | Definition: | | \In*debt"ed\, a.
1. Brought into debt; being under obligation; held to payment
or requital; beholden.
By owing, owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted
and discharged. --Milton.
2. Placed under obligation for something received, for which
restitution or gratitude is due; as, we are indebted to
our parents for their care of us in infancy; indebted to
friends for help and encouragement. --Cowper.
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| | Related Terms: | | beholden, bound, burdened with debt, deep in debt, duty-bound, embarrassed, encumbered, in debt, in difficulties, in embarrassed circumstances, in hock, in the hole, in the red, insolvent, involved, liable, mortgaged, obligated, obliged, owing, plunged in debt, responsible, tied up, unsound |
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