Noun

(en noun)

An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.

* 1589 , (William Shakespeare), Henry IV, Part I , act 1, sc. 3,

Revenge the jeering and disdain'd contempt

Of this proud king, who studies day and night

To answer all the debt he owes to you

Even with the bloody payment of your deaths.

* 1850 , (Nathaniel Hawthorne), (The Scarlet Letter) , ch. 14,

This long debt of confidence, due from me to him, whose bane and ruin I have been, shall at length be paid.

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.

* 1919 , (Upton Sinclair), Jimmie Higgins , ch. 15,

Bolsheviki had repudiated the four-billion-dollar debt which the government of the Tsar had contracted with the bankers.

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(legal) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.

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Noun

(en noun)

Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.

That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another.

(banking) Money placed in an account.

Anything left behind on a surface.

a mineral deposit

a deposit of seaweed on the shore

(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.

They put a deposit on the apartment.

A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit

A place of deposit; a depository.