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Common collocations with debt in American Collocation

debt noun

US /det/

large debt

crippling
enormous
high
huge
large
massive

Don’t run up a massive debt in the first couple of months.

Having lost his job, he was heavily in debt.

when a debt is getting bigger

mounting

Mounting debts forced him to sell the estate in 1897.

not yet paid

outstanding
unpaid

Your fund could fall short, leaving you with an outstanding debt and no way of paying it off.

that will never be paid

bad

The company has experienced a significant rise in bad debts.

total

total

She now believes her total debt is £2,000.

personal

personal

Nearly three-quarters of the help we give is with welfare benefits and personal debt.

type of debt

consumer
credit-card
gambling
household
loan
mortgage
student

have debts

have
incur
run up
take on

He is fully responsible for any debts incurred while he was a partner.

pay back debts

clear
pay
pay back
pay off
repay
settle

The first thing you need to do is to clear your debts.

make a debt smaller

reduce

If you’ve got some extra cash you can make a larger repayment to reduce your debts even quicker.

say that someone does not have to pay a debt

write off

They agreed that there would be a part payment of the debts over the specified period, with the remainder of the debts being written off.

pay interest on a debt

service

You’re spending more on servicing your debts than the thing cost in the first place.