(finance) Debt acquired through normal financial transactions which later proves to have little or no actual value

A condition similar to slavery where people are unable to control their lives or their work due to unpaid debts.

plural of debt bondage

(economics) The amount of money outstanding that was borrowed by a government in order to finance expenditure not covered by taxation

The partial or total forgiveness of debt.

(law, finance) A debt to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased or insolvent person.

(international law) The national debt incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the best interests of the nation, and thus considered to be a personal debt of the regime and not a debt of the state.

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative form of debt of honor

(US, set phrase) An obligation, especially a gambling debt based on a verbal promise, which is not legally enforceable but which is considered to be secured by the debtor's moral integrity.

(politics, economics) The limit up to which an entity (usually a government) is legally allowed to borrow.