indebted
adjective
in·debt·ed
in-ˈde-təd 
1
: owing gratitude or recognition to another : beholden
2
: owing money
Examples of indebted in a Sentence
thereafter forever felt indebted to the producer for giving her her lucky break
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 17 July 2024
The heavily indebted Caesars has an enterprise value of $33 billion.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 14 July 2024
The job goes sideways, leaving Kay indebted to a fixer and smuggler named Jaylen.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
His modest responses to some of China’s biggest structural problems, such as its deeply indebted provinces and its growing demographic deficit, are worrisome.
—Evan S. Medeiros, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2024
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indebted
adjective
in·debt·ed
in-ˈdet-əd
: being in debt : owing something (as money or gratitude)
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