Indebtedness

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɪnˈdÉ›tɪdnÉ™s/

Origin

From indebted + -ness.

Full definition of indebtedness

Noun

1. State of owing money; being in debt.
2. The state of owing something or being under obligation to someone.
• 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 120-1:Strong on administrative competence, the ministers as a group were united in their indebtedness to Fleury and in a collective mistrust of any putative successor from the court.
3. The amount owed.
4. All debts totalled.