Debt and Payment

Debt

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

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Payment and debt are semantically related in instalment topic. In some cases you can use "Payment" instead a noun "Debt".

Nearby Word: debtor

Payment noun - The act of offering money in exchange for goods or services.

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Debt and payment are semantically related in instalment topic. Sometimes you can use "Debt" instead a noun "Payment".

Nearby Words: pay, paying, payable, payer, payed

initial	initial debt	initial payment
substantial	substantial debt	substantial payment
heavy	heavy debt	heavy payment
actual	actual debt	actual payment
Other adjectives: large, big, huge, personal, greater, larger, bigger.

This is why you hear stories of disgruntled taxpayers paying their bills in coins - it is a perfectly valid form of payment to a debt-holder (in this case, the IRS) because the debt existed a priori.

Source: Paying in Coins
Yukari wins the first year, but Nyamo instantly reclaims the money as payment for an old debt.

Source: Side Bet
Its Gadgeteer Genius owner committed suicide and left Burke the car in payment of an unpaid debt.

Source: Creator / Andrew Vachss

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