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1. Something owed, such as money, goods, or services.
2. 1. An obligation or liability to pay or render something to someone else.
   2. The condition of owing: a young family always in debt.
3. An offense requiring forgiveness or reparation; a trespass.

[Middle English dette, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *dēbita, pl. of Latin dēbitum, debt, neuter past participle of dēbēre, to owe.]

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