Definition of indebted
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: owing gratitude or recognition to another : beholden
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: owing money
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Examples of indebted in a Sentence
thereafter forever felt indebted to the producer for giving her her lucky break
Recent Examples of indebted from the Web
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This movie is indebted to San Francisco, with many sequences built around San Francisco landmarks.
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The regulators see the programs as a way to stabilize the balance sheets of heavily indebted companies.
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The catch: The banks must use the money to help heavily indebted companies or lend more to small businesses with little or no collateral to offer.
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The regulator also told the panel his agency doesn’t plan to reissue a controversial guidance document spelling out standards for banks issuing leveraged loans, a type of lending to heavily indebted companies.
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Italian government bond prices have also fallen, indicating concern about the heavily indebted country's commitment to fiscal discipline.
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Some of Smith’s early sculptures, made a decade before Ferber’s, are similarly indebted.
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America is forever indebted to those who have committed their entire lives to serving their country.
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Openers Wolf Eyes are heavily indebted to Suicide’s approach, and will be experimenting live with directional, ultrasonic parametric speakers at Empty Bottle.
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Origin and Etymology of indebted
Middle English indetted, from Anglo-French endetté, past participle of endetter to run into debt, from en- + dette debt
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First Known Use: 13th century
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INDEBTED Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of indebted for English Language Learners
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: owing something (such as money or thanks) to someone or something : in debt
INDEBTED Defined for Kids
Definition of indebted for Students
: being in debt : owing something
I'm indebted to you for your kindness.
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indebtedness
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