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What is a debt?

What is a debt? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
  2. The state or condition of owing something to another.
  3. Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
  4. (law) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.
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Just half of the amount could pay off the international debt of 22 of the poorest countries in Africa, lifting millions of people out of poverty.
While he professes admiration for the British filmmaker, he says he owes his greatest debt to another source.
Like jazz dance, Cuban dance forms owe an immeasurable debt to African culture.
A debt can be garnished by a judgment creditor if it is accrued and payable at the time the order nisi is made.
When are we going to understand that debt slavery is an abomination, is abhorrent to God?
Twenty years ago the total debt of U.S. households was equal to half the size of the economy.

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