My account balance is "in the red." Once debt is paid, you're "in the black."
To be in the red is to have overspent, to be in debt, to owe money.
yes "I am having a hard time getting out of debt."
The disadvantage to unsecured debt is the payment of higher interest compared to the lower interest rate offered by a secure debt. Unsecure debt is a debt that is guaranted only by word. If a person fails to pay this debt the bank can file a lawsuit agaisnt and people will unfortunately not be able to sell their home.
You're in the red. The expression "in the red" refers to a color of ink. Handwritten accounting records in ledger books used to be kept in black ink for positive amounts and red ink for negative amounts. When the balance was written in the red ink, you had a balance below zero--a "minus" amount--meaning that you owed money. You were "in the red." There's no such thing as being below the red. You can't be more minus than minus. ---- * My finances are way below the red.
You can say the word "in debt" using the word "red" by pronouncing it as "indebted" or "red in debt."
My account balance is "in the red." Once debt is paid, you're "in the black."
debt
The word "debt" has one syllable.
A three letter word for debt is owe.
red
I think it may be utu
To be in the red is to have overspent, to be in debt, to owe money.
The root word of "debt" is "debitum" in Latin, which means "something owed."
The national debt of this country is ridiculous.
It means they are in debt.
The word debt does not have a verb form and is a noun. You can however use the word owe which is similar and is a verb.