debt repayment

Clearing what's owed

Debt repayment is the act of paying back money owed to a creditor.

The term covers everything from monthly mortgage payments to settling credit card balances to nations servicing sovereign debt.

A debt repayment plan structures payments over time: We're on a five-year debt repayment schedule.

Early debt repayment can reduce total interest paid.

Opposites
financial direction

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Temporary taking of another's

deficit spending · overleveraging · financing

financial behavior

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Preset standard option

delinquency · loan default · bankruptcy · insolvency · nonpayment

creditor-debtor relationship

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Temporary provision of resources

financing · underwriting

Family

debt, repayment

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Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G