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 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 California mortgage interest is limited to $1 million plus $100,000 home equity indebtedness. Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for indebtedness
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debt
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  • Meanwhile, legislation that would add trillions of dollars to fiscal deficits is advancing in Congress, stirring more anxiety among foreign investors, especially those who hold U.S. debt.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
  • Research has found that companies with better ESG ratings enjoy both a lower cost of equity and a lower cost of debt.
    Suresh Basnet, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025

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“Indebtedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indebtedness. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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