in debt
Red on ledgers
In debt describes owing money or being under financial obligation: We're still in debt from the medical bills, The company is heavily in debt.
The phrase extends to non-financial obligations—if someone helps you, you're in their debt, meaning you owe them gratitude or a favor in return.
- arrearsOverdue financial obligations
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
- student loansBorrowed funds for tuition
- creditorOne owed money
- billAmount owed, written
living paycheck to paycheck · bankruptcy · mortgage · interest · insolvency · pawn · obligation · overleveraged · owe · up to my ears · gratitude · overdraft · repayment · paying off · economic burden · favor · trade imbalance · broke
- financesmoney, affluence, cash, bankrupt, income
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- wealth statuspoor, rich, wealthy, affluent, middle-class
- burdenedburdened, laden, loaded, weighed down, overburdened
- Disadvantageddisadvantaged, underprivileged, vulnerable, marginalized, needy
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
financial position
in debtsolvent
Dissolving liquid or financially stable
debt-free · in the black · wealthy · flush · prosperous
obligation status
in debtfree and clear
Owning without obligations attached
unencumbered · unburdened · paid up · square · even