| incurred | (v.) | incur |
| incur | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. incur | make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to.; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health" |
| ~ subject | cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to.; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" |
| ~ run | be affected by; be subjected to.; "run a temperature"; "run a risk" |
| v. (change) | 2. find, get, incur, obtain, receive | receive a specified treatment (abstract).; "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ take | ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial.; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| credit | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. credit, recognition | approval.; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying" |
| ~ commendation, approval | a message expressing a favorable opinion.; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" |
| ~ memorial, commemoration, remembrance | a recognition of meritorious service. |
| ~ ovation, standing ovation | enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause). |
| ~ salutation, salute | an act of honor or courteous recognition.; "a musical salute to the composer on his birthday" |
| n. (possession) | 2. credit | money available for a client to borrow. |
| ~ assets | anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company. |
| ~ cheap money | credit available at low rates of interest. |
| ~ export credit | a credit opened by an importer with a bank in an exporter's country to finance an export operation. |
| ~ import credit | credit opened by an importer at a bank in his own country upon which an exporter may draw. |
| ~ bank line, credit line, line of credit, personal credit line, personal line of credit, line | the maximum credit that a customer is allowed. |
| ~ commercial credit | credit granted by a bank to a business concern for commercial purposes. |
| ~ letter of credit | a document issued by a bank that guarantees the payment of a customer's draft; substitutes the bank's credit for the customer's credit. |
| n. (possession) | 3. credit, credit entry | an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items. |
| ~ accounting entry, ledger entry, entry | a written record of a commercial transaction. |
| n. (act) | 4. credit | used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise.; "she already had several performances to her credit" |
| ~ accomplishment, achievement | the action of accomplishing something. |
| n. (possession) | 5. credit, deferred payment | arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services. |
| ~ payment | a sum of money paid or a claim discharged. |
| n. (act) | 6. course credit, credit | recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours. |
| ~ attainment | the act of achieving an aim.; "the attainment of independence" |
| ~ credit hour, semester hour | a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester. |
| n. (communication) | 7. acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage.; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" |
| ~ annotation, notation, note | a comment or instruction (usually added).; "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" |
| ~ photo credit | a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph. |
| ~ cross-index, cross-reference | a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work. |
| n. (communication) | 8. credit | an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work.; "the credits were given at the end of the film" |
| ~ title | a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work.; "the novel had chapter titles" |
| ~ film, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture show, flick, picture | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" |
| n. (cognition) | 9. credit, credit rating | an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments. |
| ~ approximation, estimate, estimation, idea | an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth.; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. credit | give someone credit for something.; "We credited her for saving our jobs" |
| ~ ascribe, attribute, impute, assign | attribute or credit to.; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" |
| v. (cognition) | 11. accredit, credit | ascribe an achievement to.; "She was not properly credited in the program" |
| ~ ascribe, attribute, impute, assign | attribute or credit to.; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" |
| v. (possession) | 12. credit | accounting: enter as credit.; "We credit your account with $100" |
| ~ finance | sell or provide on credit. |
| ~ account, calculate | keep an account of. |
| v. (cognition) | 13. credit | have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of. |
| ~ believe | credit with veracity.; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?" |
| ~ rely, trust, swear, bank | have confidence or faith in.; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" |
| debt | | |
| n. (state) | 1. debt | the state of owing something (especially money).; "he is badly in debt" |
| ~ financial obligation, indebtedness, liability | an obligation to pay money to another party. |
| n. (possession) | 2. debt | money or goods or services owed by one person to another. |
| ~ liabilities | anything that is owed to someone else. |
| ~ arrears | an unpaid overdue debt. |
| ~ national debt | the debt of the national government (as distinguished from the debts of individuals and businesses and political subdivisions). |
| ~ public debt | the total of the nation's debts: debts of local and state and national governments; an indicator of how much public spending is financed by borrowing instead of taxation. |
| ~ debt ceiling, debt limit | the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity. |
| ~ bad debt | a debt that is unlikely to be repaid. |
| ~ installment debt | debt to be paid by installments. |
| ~ loan | the temporary provision of money (usually at interest). |
| ~ principal | the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated. |
| ~ score | an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar).; "add it to my score and I'll settle later" |
| n. (communication) | 3. debt | an obligation to pay or do something. |
| ~ obligation | a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply. |
| liability | | |
| n. (state) | 1. liability | the state of being legally obliged and responsible. |
| ~ susceptibility, susceptibleness | the state of being susceptible; easily affected. |
| ~ taxability | liability to taxation. |
| ~ ratability, rateability | the state of being liable to assessment or taxation. |
| n. (state) | 2. financial obligation, indebtedness, liability | an obligation to pay money to another party. |
| ~ limited liability | the liability of a firm's owners for no more than the capital they have invested in the firm. |
| ~ obligation | the state of being obligated to do or pay something.; "he is under an obligation to finish the job" |
| ~ debt | the state of owing something (especially money).; "he is badly in debt" |
| ~ arrears | the state of being behind in payments.; "an account in arrears" |
| ~ account payable, payable | a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit.; "the problem was to match receivables and payables in the same currency" |
| ~ scot and lot | obligations of all kinds taken as a whole. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. liability | the quality of being something that holds you back. |
| ~ bad, badness | that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency.; "take the bad with the good" |
| ~ weak point | an attribute that is inadequate or deficient. |
| ~ disadvantage | the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position. |
| loan | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. loan | the temporary provision of money (usually at interest). |
| ~ bank loan | a loan made by a bank; to be repaid with interest on or before a fixed date. |
| ~ equity credit line, home equity credit, home equity loan, home loan | a loan secured by equity value in the borrower's home. |
| ~ installment credit, installment loan | a loan repaid with interest in equal periodic payments. |
| ~ debt | money or goods or services owed by one person to another. |
| ~ call loan, demand loan | a loan that is repayable on demand. |
| ~ direct loan | a loan by a lender to a customer without the use of a third party; direct lending gives the lender greater discretion in making loans. |
| ~ loan participation, participation financing, participation loan | a loan that is shared by a group of banks that join to make a loan too big for any one of them alone. |
| ~ consumer loan, personal loan | a loan that establishes consumer credit that is granted for personal use; usually unsecured and based on the borrower's integrity and ability to pay. |
| ~ point | one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan. |
| ~ mortgage loan, real estate loan | a loan on real estate that is usually secured by a mortgage. |
| ~ time loan | a loan that is payable on or before a specified date. |
| ~ principal | the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated. |
| n. (communication) | 2. loan, loanword | a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English. |
| ~ word | a unit of language that native speakers can identify.; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" |
| ~ latinism | a word or phrase borrowed from Latin. |
| ~ gallicism | a word or phrase borrowed from French. |
| v. (possession) | 3. lend, loan | give temporarily; let have for a limited time.; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ hire out, rent out, farm out | grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee.; "We rent out our apartment to tourists every year"; "He hired himself out as a cook" |
| ~ trust | extend credit to.; "don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore" |
| ~ advance | pay in advance.; "Can you advance me some money?" |
| owe | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. owe | be obliged to pay or repay. |
| ~ chalk up, run up | accumulate as a debt.; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening" |
| v. (stative) | 2. owe | be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense.; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory" |
| ~ build on, build upon, repose on, rest on | be based on; of theories and claims, for example.; "What's this new evidence based on?" |
| v. (possession) | 3. owe | be in debt.; "She owes me $200"; "I still owe for the car"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser" |
| ~ mortgage | put up as security or collateral. |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
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