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How to pronounce “debt”
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Pronunciation guide for debt
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of debt with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Debt: The First 5,000 Years
Today's guest David Graeber, his new book DEBT: The First 5,000 Years of it.
- Definition summary
- An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
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How to pronounce debt
Debt: The First 5,000 Years

Today's guest David Graeber, his new book DEBT: The First 5,000 Years of it.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “debt”
Meaning
- [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.
- (finance) 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.
- (law) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due[1]
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