Debt - English meaning

noun

A report or description of an event or experience.

Usage examples:

A detailed account of what has been achieved

verb

Consider or regard in a specified way.

Usage examples:

Her visit could not be accounted a success

noun

Money kept in a bank or other organization that you can add to or take back

plural noun

Money that is owed and should have been paid earlier.

Usage examples:

He was suing the lessee for the arrears of rent

noun

Money that is owed and should already have been paid

Usage examples:

He ran into difficulties with his mortgage, building up more than £18,000 arrears., the government …

noun

A printed or written statement of the money owed for goods or services.

Usage examples:

The bill for their meal came to £17

verb

List (a person or event) in a programme.

Usage examples:

They were billed to appear but did not show up

verb

(of birds, especially doves) stroke bill with bill during courtship.

Usage examples:

Two birds, perfectly white, pink-beaked, dark-eyed, pigeons, settled on the ledge outside my window…

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Usage examples:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Usage examples:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

verb

Examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.

Usage examples:

Customs officers have the right to check all luggage

noun

An examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition.

Usage examples:

A campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances

exclamation

Us spelling of cheque.

noun

An entry recording a sum owed, listed on the left-hand side or column of an account.

Usage examples:

A double-entry system of bookkeeping, where each debit has a corresponding credit entry

verb

(of a bank or other financial organization) remove (an amount of money) from a customer's account.

Usage examples:

$10,000 was debited from their account

noun

Money taken out of a financial account, or a record of money taken

Usage examples:

We have debited your account $30.

noun

One's right; what is owed to one.

Usage examples:

He thought it was his due

adjective

Expected at or planned for at a certain time.

Usage examples:

The baby's due in august

adjective

Of the proper quality or extent.

Usage examples:

Driving without due care and attention

noun

The number of points, goals, runs, etc. achieved in a game or by a team or an individual.

Usage examples:

The final score was 4–3 to royston

verb

Gain (a point, goal, run, etc.) in a competitive game.

Usage examples:

Mccartney scored a fine goal

verb

A number that expresses accomplishment in a game or contest

noun

A small flap or strip of material attached to or projecting from something, used to hold, fasten, or manipulate it, or for identification and information.

Usage examples:

The shopkeeper undid the clasp binding the date book closed and heaved it open, revealing a binder …

verb

Short for tableau curtains.

verb

Use the tab key on a computer or typewriter keyboard.

Usage examples:

The user can tab to the phrase and press enter

noun

A current score or amount.

Usage examples:

That takes his tally to 10 goals in 10 games

verb

Agree or correspond.

Usage examples:

Their signatures should tally with their names on the register

noun

A record or count of a number of items

Usage examples:

The final tally was 21 for and 16 against., [ t ] i need to finish tallying the receipts., [ i ] hi…