Debt and Need

Debt

Debt noun - Something (as money) which is owed.

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Need and debt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Need" instead a noun "Debt".

Nearby Word: debtor

Need noun - Something one must do because of prior agreement.

Usage example: no need to apologize

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Debt and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Debt" instead a noun "Need".

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

old	old debt	old need
current	current debt	current need
original	original debt	original need
deep	deep debt	deep need
Other adjectives: obvious, strong, actual, severe, large, big, extreme, great, serious, huge, little, bad, personal, new, national, further, overwhelming, greater, increasing, magical, crippling.

The debt is not an optional thing, either, as it puts 'travel restrictions' onto the party and some locations need to be unlocked to travel to, by paying off a certain amount of debt.

Source: Scrappy Mechanic / Tales Series
Between chapters in Tales of Xillia 2, Ludger will need to pay off a part of his massive 20 million gald debt before the story will progress.

Source: Cash Gate
The entire crew is shocked to a stand-still, and he mentions repaying a debt to an old friend and helping those in need.

Source: Western Animation / ReBoot

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