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• n  an obligation to pay money to another party
• n  a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor

• The over-indebtedness hitherto presupposed must have had its starters.
• In fact, the last third of the book focuses on humanity's indebtedness to nature, as told through a parody of A Christmas Carol and the stark, postapocalyptic reality that awaits .
• That rise in indebtedness is now giving way to what looks to be a long slide.

• liability
• financial obligation
• obligation

News & Articles

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• Bank Street Joint Lead Arranger for $135 Million Alpheus Credit Facility
  Credit Facility Refinances Existing Indebtedness and Provides Platform for Growth (PRWeb June 10, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10815728.htm
  June 10, 2013 - PRWeb
• Kansas pays off Certificate of Indebtedness
  News release from the office of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback: The State of Kansas paid off its $400 million Certificate of Indebtedness for Fiscal Year 2013 Friday.  The state issues an annual certificate
  June 7, 2013 - KFJX Pittsburg
• Moody's joins Fitch in downgrading Ill. credit
  A second major rating agency is downgrading Illinois' credit worthiness. Moody's Investors Service lowered the state's $27 billion in outstanding bonded indebtedness Thursday to A3 from A2. The new rating's ...
  June 7, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Chris Dodd in TIME
  Dodd said: "Growth is slowing. Inflation is rising. Consumer confidence is plummeting, while indebtedness is deepening."
• Francois Fillon in The Associated Press
  Fillon said he "understands the worries" of workers, but added, "We must break the spiral of indebtedness. ...... We need a bit of courage."
• Pat Rabbitte in International Herald Tribune
  There's a huge level of personal indebtedness out there, people with huge mortgages and so on,Rabbitte said. "They may have been fearful of changing horses in midstream."