debt

Meanings

Plural: debts

Noun

the state of owing something (especially money)
- "he is badly in debt"
money or goods or services owed by one person to another
an obligation to pay or do something
An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
The state or condition of owing something to another.
Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English dette, dett, borrowed from Old French dete (French dette), from Medieval Latin dēbita, from Latin dēbitum (“what is owed, a debt, a duty”), neuter of dēbitus, perfect passive participle of dēbeō (“I owe”), contraction of *dehibeō (“I have from”), from de (“from”) + habeō (“I have”). Doublet of debit.
The unpronounced "b" in the modern English spelling is a Latinisation from the Latin etymon dēbitum.

Scrabble Score: 7

debt is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
debt is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
debt is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

debt is a valid Words With Friends word