debt free

Zero balance owed

Debt free describes having no outstanding debts or financial obligations.

Someone who is debt free has paid off all loans, credit cards, and other money owed: We finally paid off the mortgage and became debt free.

The term often appears in personal finance contexts as a goal or lifestyle: the debt-free movement, living debt free.

Also spelled debt-free.

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breathing room · independence · celebration · payoff · clean slate · fresh start · living within means · wealthy · secure · unburdened · final payment · equity · savings · peace of mind · milestone · prosperity

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Opposites
financial obligation status

debt freein debt

Owing money owed

indebted · in the red · encumbered · leveraged · mortgaged

financial health/security

debt freebankrupt

Unable to repay debts

insolvent · broke · maxed out · overleveraged · overextended

Family

debt, free, debts, debtor, debtors, indebted, indebtedness, freely, freedom

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