HOW TO PRONOUNCE
debt
/dɛt/
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Leave the b silent.
One syllable: det. The b is silent; compare doubt, which also has a silent b.
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“The company reduced its debt.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does debt mean?
noun
- An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
- The state or condition of owing something to another.
- 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.
More meanings (1)
noun
- An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due
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IPA pronunciation
/dɛt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Poland, with its hard currency debt of approximately $40 billion, is severely limited in its ability to import much-needed hard currency goods.
He had formerly been in business at Bristol, but failed in debt to a number of people, compounded and went to America.
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“There shall be no war between any of us in the Pack. But here is a debt to pay before I go.”
Burns himself not only acknowledged his debt in a fragment of autobiography, but erected a tomb over the grave in Canongate churchyard.
The merchant subsequently turned out a very great knave, cheating Tom on various occasions, and finally broke very much in his debt.