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a debt wages etcScale Scale, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scaled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scaling.]
To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also,
to grade or vary according to a scale or system.
Scaling his present bearing with his past. --Shak.
To scale, or scale down, a debt, wages, etc., to reduce
a debt, etc., according to a fixed ratio or scale. [U.S.] Bond debt 9. (Chem.) A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two
bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic
formul[ae] by a short line or dash. See Diagram of
Benzene nucleus, and Valence.
Arbitration bond. See under Arbitration.
Bond crediter (Law), a creditor whose debt is secured by a
bond. --Blackstone.
Bond debt (Law), a debt contracted under the obligation of
a bond. --Burrows.
Bond (or lap) of a slate, the distance between the top
of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second slate
above, i. e., the space which is covered with three
thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the
under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate.
Bond timber, timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen
it longitudinally.
Syn: Chains; fetters; captivity; imprisonment. Confidential debtsConfidential Con`fi*den"tial, a. [Cf. F. confidentiel.]
1. Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in;
trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.
2. Communicated in confidence; secret. ``Confidential
messages.' --Burke.
Confidential communication (Law) See Privileged
communication, under Privileged.
Confidential creditors, those whose claims are of such a
character that they are entitled to be paid before other
creditors.
Confidential debts, debts incurred for borrowed money, and
regarded as having a claim to be paid before other debts.
--McElrath. Debt of record 6. That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of
competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative
manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.
Court of record (pron. r?*k?rd" in Eng.), a court whose
acts and judicial proceedings are written on parchment or
in books for a perpetual memorial.
Debt of record, a debt which appears to be due by the
evidence of a court of record, as upon a judgment or a
cognizance.
Trial by record, a trial which is had when a matter of
record is pleaded, and the opposite party pleads that
there is no such record. In this case the trial is by
inspection of the record itself, no other evidence being
admissible. --Blackstone.
To beat, or break, the record (Sporting), to surpass
any performance of like kind as authoritatively recorded;
as, to break the record in a walking match. Debted
Debted Debt"ed, p. a.
Indebted; obliged to. [R.]
I stand debted to this gentleman. --Shak.
Debtee
Debtee Debt*ee", n. (Law)
One to whom a debt is due; creditor; -- correlative to
debtor. --Blackstone.
Debtless
Debtless Debt"less, a.
Free from debt. --Chaucer.
IndebtIndebt In*debt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indebted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Indebting.] [OE. endetten, F. endetter; pref. en- (L.
in) + F. dette debt. See Debt.]
To bring into debt; to place under obligation; -- chiefly
used in the participle indebted.
Thy fortune hath indebted thee to none. --Daniel. Indebted
Indebted In*debt"ed, a.
1. Brought into debt; being under obligation; held to payment
or requital; beholden.
By owing, owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted
and discharged. --Milton.
2. Placed under obligation for something received, for which
restitution or gratitude is due; as, we are indebted to
our parents for their care of us in infancy; indebted to
friends for help and encouragement. --Cowper.
IndebtedIndebt In*debt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indebted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Indebting.] [OE. endetten, F. endetter; pref. en- (L.
in) + F. dette debt. See Debt.]
To bring into debt; to place under obligation; -- chiefly
used in the participle indebted.
Thy fortune hath indebted thee to none. --Daniel. Indebtedness
Indebtedness In*debt"ed*ness, n.
1. The state of being indebted.
2. The sum owed; debts, collectively.
IndebtingIndebt In*debt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indebted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Indebting.] [OE. endetten, F. endetter; pref. en- (L.
in) + F. dette debt. See Debt.]
To bring into debt; to place under obligation; -- chiefly
used in the participle indebted.
Thy fortune hath indebted thee to none. --Daniel. Indebtment
Indebtment In*debt"ment, n. [Cf. F. endettement.]
Indebtedness. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
Play debtPlay Play, n.
1. Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.
2. Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement
or diversion; a game.
John naturally loved rough play. --Arbuthnot.
3. The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement,
or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as,
to lose a fortune in play.
4. Action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair
play; sword play; a play of wit. ``The next who comes in
play.' --Dryden.
5. A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition
in which characters are represented by dialogue and
action.
A play ought to be a just image of human nature.
--Dryden.
6. The representation or exhibition of a comedy or tragedy;
as, he attends ever play.
7. Performance on an instrument of music.
8. Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a
wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and
easy action. ``To give them play, front and rear.'
--Milton.
The joints are let exactly into one another, that
they have no play between them. --Moxon.
9. Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display;
scope; as, to give full play to mirth.
Play actor, an actor of dramas. --Prynne.
Play debt, a gambling debt. --Arbuthnot.
Play pleasure, idle amusement. [Obs.] --Bacon.
A play upon words, the use of a word in such a way as to be
capable of double meaning; punning.
Play of colors, prismatic variation of colors.
To bring into play, To come into play, to bring or come
into use or exercise.
To hold in play, to keep occupied or employed. Privileged debtsPrivileged Priv"i*leged, a.
Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right,
advantage, or immunity.
Privileged communication. (Law)
(a) A communication which can not be disclosed without the
consent of the party making it, -- such as those made by
a client to his legal adviser, or by persons to their
religious or medical advisers.
(b) A communication which does not expose the party making it
to indictment for libel, -- such as those made by persons
communicating confidentially with a government, persons
consulted confidentially as to the character of servants,
etc.
Privileged debts (Law), those to which a preference in
payment is given out of the estate of a deceased person,
or out of the estate of an insolvent. --Wharton.
--Burrill.
Privileged witnesses (Law) witnesses who are not obliged to
testify as to certain things, as lawyers in relation to
their dealings with their clients, and officers of state
as to state secrets; also, by statute, clergymen and
physicans are placed in the same category, so far as
concerns information received by them professionally.
Meaning of Debt from wikipedia
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Debt is an
obligation that
requires one party, the debtor, to pay
money borrowed or
otherwise withheld from
another party, the creditor.
Debt may be owed...
- The
national debt of the
United States is the
total national debt owed by the
federal government of the
United States to
Treasury security holders. The...
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government debt (also
called public debt or
sovereign debt) is the
financial liabilities of the
government sector.: 81
Changes in
government debt over time...
- This is a list of
countries by
external debt: it is the
total public and
private debt owed to
nonresidents repayable in
internationally accepted currencies...
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countries by
government debt.
Gross government debt is
government financial liabilities that are
debt instruments.: 81 A
debt instrument is a financial...
- The
debt ratio or
debt to ****ets
ratio is a
financial ratio which indicates the
percentage of a company's ****ets
which are
funded by
debt. It is measured...
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Debt bondage, also
known as
debt slavery,
bonded labour, or peonage, is the
pledge of a person's
services as
security for the
repayment for a
debt or other...
- In
international law,
odious debt, also
known as
illegitimate debt, is a
legal theory that says that the
national debt incurred by a
despotic regime should...
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development and
other information technology fields,
technical debt (also
known as
design debt or code
debt) is the
implied cost of ****ure
reworking because a solution...
- In the
United States, the
debt ceiling or
debt limit is a
legislative limit on the
amount of
national debt that can be
incurred by the U.S. Treasury, thus...
