indebtedness  
noun [ U ] uk/ɪnˈdet.ɪd.nəs/ us/ɪnˈdet̬.ɪd.nəs/
  (MONEY OWED)      
  欠债;欠债额
the condition of owing money, or the amount of money owed
  Household indebtedness is at a record level. 家庭债务已经升到了新的高度。 
 The primary reason for the sale of the property was to reduce indebtedness. 出售该物业的主要原因是为了减少债务。 
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 - You may not want to stretch out your mortgage indebtedness another 30 years.
 - Students are anxious to avoid long-term indebtedness.
 - Saving is the lowest for almost 50 years and personal indebtedness is soaring.
 - Students here have some of the highest levels of student loan indebtedness.
 
  (HELP)      
 感激
a feeling of being grateful because you have been helped
  The league owes a huge debt of gratitude and indebtedness to those two players. 联盟对这两名球员感激不尽。 
 My indebtedness to persons and institutions for help in this undertaking is huge. 在这项工作中,我对个人和机构的帮助感激不尽。 
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 - Dad reflects upon his years working at the garage with a sense of indebtedness.
 - You see the indebtedness to Pollock, Gorky, and de Kooning in her work.
 
See: indebted