debt

[1]	obligation , due , indebtedness , liability , responsibility , accountability , encumbrance
[2]	in debt , under obligation , owing , accountable , beholden , indebted , responsible , answerable for , liable , encumbered , in arrears , straitened , in dire straits , in (financial) difficulty/difficulties , in the red , (Colloq) (US/Canadian) in hock