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3 N‑UNCOUNT Debt is the state of owing money. □  Stress is a main reason for debt. ● PHRASE If you are in debt or get into debt , you owe money. If you are out of debt or get out of debt , you succeed in paying all the money that you owe. □  He was already deeply in debt through gambling losses. □  How can I accumulate enough cash to get out of debt?

4 N‑COUNT [usu sing, oft in poss N ] You use debt in expressions such as I owe you a debt or I am in your debt when you are expressing gratitude for something that someone has done for you. [FORMAL , FEELINGS ] □  He was so good to me that I can never repay the debt I owe him. COLLOCATIONS debt NOUN 1

noun + debt : bank, government, sovereign; credit card, household, mortgage, student

adjective + debt : bad, crippling, toxic; manageable, outstanding, sustainable, unsecured, unsustainable; national

verb + debt : clear, pay off, reduce, repay, service; get into, incur, owe SYNONYMS debt NOUN 1

loan:The country has no access to foreign loans or financial aid.

liabilities:The company had assets of $138 million and liabilities of $120.5 million.

de bt bur|den (debt burdens ) N‑COUNT A debt burden is a large amount of money that one country or organization owes to another and which they find very difficult to repay. □  …the massive debt burden of the Third World.

debt|or /de tə ^r / (debtors ) N‑COUNT [oft N n] A debtor is a country, organization, or person who owes money. □  …the situation of debtor countries.

de bt-ridden ADJ [usu ADJ n] Debt-ridden countries, companies, or people owe extremely large amounts of money. □  …the debt-ridden economies of Latin America.

de|bug /diː bʌ g/ (debugs , debugging , debugged ) VERB When someone debugs a computer program, they look for the faults in it and correct them so that it will run properly. [COMPUTING ] □ [V n] The production lines ground to a halt for hours while technicians tried to debug software.

de|bunk /diː bʌ ŋk/ (debunks , debunking , debunked ) VERB If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is. □ [V n] Historian Michael Beschloss debunks a few myths.

de|but ◆◇◇ /de I bjuː, [AM ] de I bjuː / (debuts ) N‑COUNT [oft with poss] The debut of a performer or sports player is their first public performance, appearance, or recording. □  Israel's brightest young star made his international debut on Wednesday. □  It was the fastest selling debut album in the history of the British charts. COLLOCATIONS debut NOUN

noun + debut : big-screen, film, screen, stage; acting

adjective + debut : acclaimed, impressive, memorable, sensational; directorial, solo, theatrical; first-class, international; auspicious, promising

debu|tante /de bjʊtɑːnt/ (debutantes ) N‑COUNT A debutante is a young woman from the upper classes who has started going to social events with other young people. [OLD-FASHIONED ]

Dec.Dec. is a written abbreviation for December .

dec|ade ◆◆◇ /de ke I d/ (decades ) N‑COUNT A decade is a period of ten years, especially one that begins with a year ending in 0, for example 1980 to 1989. □  …the last decade of the nineteenth century.

deca|dent /de kədənt/ ADJ If you say that a person or society is decadent , you think that they have low moral standards and are interested mainly in pleasure. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  …the excesses and stresses of their decadent rock 'n' roll lifestyles. ●  deca|dence N‑UNCOUNT □  The empire had for years been falling into decadence.

de|caf /diː kæf/ (decafs ) also decaff N‑VAR Decaf is decaffeinated coffee. [INFORMAL ]