4
debt(noun, money, balance, capital, liability)
3
in the red(noun, expression, adjective, idiom, damage)
3
indebted(adjective, grateful, obliged, obligated)
2
encumbered
2
pledged
1
IOU(noun, damage, balance, capital, credit)
1
albatross(noun, damage, balance, capital, credit)
1
arrearage(noun, damage, balance, capital, credit)
1
arrears(noun, damage, balance, loss, capital)
1
bad news(noun, expression, damage, balance, capital)
1
baggage(noun, damage, balance, capital, credit)
1
be beholden(verb, lost, incur, owe)
1
be bound(verb, lost, incur, owe)
1
be contracted(verb, lost, incur, owe)
1
be in arrears(verb, lost, incur, owe)
1
be in debt(verb, lost, incur, owe)
1
be indebted(verb, lost, incur, owe)
1
be into one for(verb, lost, incur, owe)
1
be obligated(verb, lost, incur, owe)
1
be under obligation(verb, lost, incur, owe)
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