indebting
Putting in debt
Indebting is the act of placing someone under obligation, whether financial or moral.
A loan indebts the borrower to the lender.
Favors can be indebting too: By helping me move, you're indebting me to you for life.
The word often carries a note of burden—being indebted means owing something back.
Borrowed money repaid later
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- mortgageSecured home loan
- financingProviding capital for purchases
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
lending · obligation · interest · repayment · principal · amortization · collateral · security
Required moral task
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- onusResponsibility one bears
accountability · liability · pledge · bond · guarantee · surety · charge · encumbrance
loan
Borrowed money repaid later
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- mortgageSecured home loan
- financingProviding capital for purchases
credit · lending · obligation · interest · repayment · principal · amortization · collateral · security · arrears
duty
Required moral task
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
onus · accountability · liability · pledge · bond · guarantee · surety · charge · encumbrance · beholden
indebtingfreeing
Releasing from confinement
absolving · releasing · liberating · discharging · exonerating
indebtingrepaying
Returning money owed
paying off · settling · clearing · reimbursing · discharging
debt, indebted, debtor, indebtedness, debtors, indebt, indebts