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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indebtedness
debt
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More people are choosing to rent instead of buying their first homes due to factors like increasing home prices, higher mortgage interest rates and growing debt levels.—
Nathan Levinson,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Office completions in 2024 fell to their lowest share of inventory since 2012 and are set to slow further, reflecting high vacancy rates, rising debt and construction costs, and falling office values.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
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“Indebtedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indebtedness. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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