| Main Entry: | in the red |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | operating at a loss |
Synonyms: |
at a loss, bankrupt, behindhand, defaulting, delinquent, in arrears, in debt, in dire straits, in the hock, in the hole, insolvent, losing money, nonpaying, to the bad, unprofitably |
Antonyms: |
in the black |
| Main Entry: | debt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money owed to others |
Synonyms: |
IOU, albatross, arrearage, arrears, bad news, baggage, below the line, bill, bite*, capital, check, chit, claim, commitment, credit, cuff, damage*, dead horse, debenture, debit, deficit, due, dues, duty, encumbrance, in hock, in the hole, in the red, indebtedness, invoice, liability, manifest, mortgage, note, obligation, outstandings, price tag, promissory note, receipt, reckoning, red ink, responsibility, score, tab, tally, voucher |
Antonyms: |
asset, cash, credit, excess, profit |
| Main Entry: | deficit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage of something needed, required |
Synonyms: |
arrears, dead horse, defalcation, default, deficiency, due bill, dues, in hock, in the hole, in the red, inadequacy, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, loss, paucity, red ink, scantiness, shortcoming, shortfall, underage |
Antonyms: |
enough, excess, plenty, superfluousness |
| Main Entry: | deficit spending |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spending in excess of revenue or income |
Synonyms: |
budget deficit, compensatory spending, debt, debt explosion, deficit financing, in the red, megadebt, negative cash flow, no assets, overspending, paying out in excess of income, pump priming |
| Main Entry: | down-and-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destitute |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, beaten, beggared, broke, broken, defeated, derelict, destitute, finished, impoverished, in the gutter, in the poorhouse, in the red, insolvent, moneyless, needy, on the skids, out of funds, outcast, penniless, poverty-stricken, ruined, vagabond, vagrant |
Antonyms: |
rich, wealthy, well-to-do |
| Main Entry: | insolvent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | financially ruined |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, broke*, broken, busted, failed, foreclosed, in Chapter 11, in Chapter 13, in receivership, in the red, indebted, lost, on the rocks, out of money, strapped, taken to the cleaners, unbalanced, undone, wiped out |
Antonyms: |
moneyed, rich, solvent, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | shortfall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deficit; imperfection |
Synonyms: |
arrears, default, defectiveness, deficiency, flaw, in the hole, in the red, inadequacy, incompleteness, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, loss, red ink, shortage, shortcoming, underage |
| Main Entry: | debt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
bankrupt, beggared, behindhand, chargeable, due, gazetted, gratis, in arrears, in debt, in the gazette, incumbered, indebted, insolvent, involved, liable, minus, not paying, outstanding, owing, sperate, unable to make both ends meet, unpaid, unremunerated, unrequited, unrewarded, worse than nothing
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| Concept: | Debt. |
| Category: | 4. Monetary Relations |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
be in debt; owe; incur a debt, contract a debt; run up a bill, run up a score, run up an account; go on tick; borrow; run into debt, get into debt, outrun the constable., answer for, go bail for.
-adjectives
indebted; liable, chargeable, answerable for., in debt, in embarassed circumstances, in difficulties; incumbered, involved; involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over head and ears in debt; deeply involved; fast tied up; insolvent (not paying); minus, out of pocket., unpaid; unrequited, unrewarded; owing, due, in arrear, outstanding.
-phrases
aes alienum debitorem leve gravius inimicum facit [Latin]; "neither a borrower nor a lender be" [Hamlet].
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Antonyms: |
credit |
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