indebtedness

as in debt
something (as money) which is owed his total indebtedness exceeded a year's income

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Recent Examples of indebtedness This cash flow metric and the company’s capital expenditure profile are critical when determining the level of indebtedness a business can support and can directly impact valuation. Jeffrey Johnston, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025 Second, the novel’s apparent indebtedness to Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. Alex Vernon may 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025 There is no set formula for when deficits and debts reach crisis levels, but this over-all level of indebtedness would exceed even that seen at the end of the Second World War, when the U.S. government had been, for years, financing the fight against the Axis powers. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 26 May 2025 Finally, in early 2020, the Birmingham Property went through successive transfers out of the 305 LLC to the Respondent, personally, who pledged the property toward a personal indebtedness, before quitclaiming it back to the 305 LLC a few days later. Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for indebtedness
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debt
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  • Yet getting the balance right is critical because one man's debts are another man's assets, and to be successful, money has to be a good storehold of wealth (as well as an effective medium of exchange).
    Ray Dalio, Time, 22 July 2025
  • Term premium is the extra return investors demand for holding long-term government bonds rather than rolling short-term debt, compensating for uncertainty about inflation, fiscal policy, and future interest rates.
    Bob Haber, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025

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“Indebtedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indebtedness. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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