indebtedness

noun4

1. •
   State of owing money; being in debt.

   • Laws regarding indebtedness and indenture. — 2001
2. •
   The state of owing something or being under obligation to someone.

   • Strong on administrative competence, the ministers as a group were united in their indebtedness to Fleury and in a collective mistrust of any putative successor from the court. — 2002
3. •
   The amount owed.
4. •
   All debts totalled.