Reverse Dictionary: DEBT

ADJECTIVES
1604 ► SATISFACTORY serving to satisfy a debt or obligation 
1777 ► FOREHANDED free from debt; prudent; thrifty → US
1864 ► UP KING STREET in debt; in financial difficulty → Aust. sl.
1881 ► FAR BACK in debt → Sc.
1886 ► IN QUEER STREET in debt; in financial difficulty → sl.
20C.. ► BAD-PAY extremely slow to pay debts or any money that is owed and expected → W. Indies sl.
1913 ► STRAIGHT WITH THE WORLD out of debt → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1920 ► DOWN THE RIVER in debt → sl.
1920 ► DOWN THE SWANNY in debt → sl.
1926 ► IN HOCK in debt; in financial difficulty → sl.
1926 ► IN THE RED in debt; in financial difficulty → sl.
1928 ► IN THE BAG in debt → Amer. sl.
1930 ► OFF THE NUT free from debt → US sl.
1940 ► BEFORE THE WIND out of debt → World War II Amer. sl.
1950 ► SHY in debt, owing money → US sl.
1957 ► ON THE HOOK in debt → Amer. sl.

NOUNS
1450 ► DEBIT a debt; something that is owed → obs.
1575 ► DEBITORY a statement or item of debt → obs.
1832 ► DEAD HORSE a debt for wages paid in advance which must be worked off → Amer. dial.
1854 ► DEAD HORSE a debt of any kind → Amer. dial.
L19.. ► MAD DOG  an unsettled debt that the debtor refuses to pay, esp. at a public house → Aust. sl.
20C.. ► GYPSY’S LEAVE departure without warning and without settling one’s debts → sl.
1905 ► MAINTO → MENTO debt, obligation → Sc. (Bk.)
1940 ► BAD DOG a bad debt → Aust. sl.
2000 ► ICE failure to pay a debt → sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1340 ► YIELDER a debtor; one who has to pay, i.e. owes, something → obs.
1484 ► DEBITOR a debtor → obs.
1533 ► BANKRUPT a person who defrauds his or her creditors, or avoids paying his or her debts; one who has brought himself into debt by reckless expenditure or riotous living; a fugitive from his creditors; a broken man in sanctuary or outlawry → obs.
1586 ► BANKRUPT a person hopelessly in debt; one who has lost all his means, and is without resources 
1588 ► DEBITRICE a female debtor → obs.
1628 ► DUN a debt collector; an agent employed by a creditor to collect a debt 
1654 ► DUNNER a debt collector; an agent employed by a creditor to collect a debt 
1700 ► ABBEY LAIRD a debtor who took sanctuary from his creditors in the precincts of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, a privilege abolished in 1880 → Sc. obs.
1720 ► BAIRMAN a poor insolvent debtor, left bare and naked, who was obliged to swear in court that he was not worth about five shillings and five pence; a bankrupt who gives up all his goods to his creditors; a pauper (Bk.)
1733 ► LAIRD IN THE ABBEY a debtor who took sanctuary from his creditors in the precincts of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, a privilege abolished in 1880 → Sc. obs.
19C.. ► FLY-BY-NIGHTER a person who departs secretly or by night to avoid paying debts → sl.
E19.. ► ONCE-A-WEEK MAN  a debtor, one who goes out only once a week → sl.
1808 ► GILLIE-WET-FOOT a person who gets into debt and runs off → Sc. obs.
1818 ► GIELANGER → GILAINGER → GILEYNOUR a person who is slow to pay his debts; an ill debtor (g pronounced hard) → Sc. (Bk.)
1823 ► FLY-BY-NIGHT a defaulting debtor → colloq.
1825 ► BEAR-MEAL-WIFE a woman who cannot pay her debts → Sc.
M19. ► MACEMAN a person who defaults on their debts → sl.
1860 ► HARD BARGAIN a defaulting debtor → sl. obs.
1865 ► HARD CASE a defaulting debtor → sl.
1871 ► DEADBEAT a person who will not or cannot pay debts; a cadger or sponger; a penniless scrounger → Amer. sl.
1875 ► LAME DUCK a person not able to meet debts or pay his way; one who is dead broke → US sl.
1879 ► BEAT a person who fails to pay their debts, spec. hotel bills → US sl.
1894 ► SCAMP a person who decamps without paying his debts (Bk.)
1896 ► SKATE a person who does not pay his debts; a reprobate → Amer. dial.
1897 ► GILLIE WET SOLE a person who gets into debt and runs off → Sc. obs.
1930 ► GYP a person who fails to pay his due debts → sl.
1937 ► BEATER a person who refuses to pay their debts → US sl.
1952 ► HARD-PAY MAN a bad debtor, through either his inability or his unwillingness to pay → W. Indies sl.
1989 ► WILD DUCK a person who has failed to pay a debt and is not seen as likely to do so → Aust. sl.
2006 ► BIDDIES baby boomers in debt → Amer. sl. (Bk.)

PHRASES
1905 ► DAMMING AND LADING incurring one debt to pay another → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
1576 ► RUN IN THE LASH to incur more debts than one can pay → obs.
1577 ► PLAY THE BANKRUPT to fail to pay one’s debts; to become insolvent → obs.
1589 ► CAP to arrest for debt → obs.
1642 ► RUN ON TICK to run into debt, to buy on credit 
1648 ► TICK to run into debt, leave one’s debts unpaid → sl. or colloq.
L17.. ► COME DOWN WITH THE DERBIES to pay a bill or debt → UK criminals’ sl.
1775 ► CROWD to press to pay a debt → Amer. dial.
1784 ► LIFT to pay off a debt → Amer. dial.
19C.. ► BURY THE DEAD HORSE to work to pay off a debt → Aust., NZ, & US sl.
19C.. ► RIDE THE DEAD HORSE to work to pay off a debt → Aust., NZ, & US sl.
E19.. ► MACE to fail to pay one’s debts → sl.
1821 ► QUIT to free from debt → Sc. & Eng. dial.
M19. ► TAKE THE SABINE SLIDE to run off, leaving one’s debts unpaid → US sl.
M19. ► WALK INTO SOMEONE’S AFFECTIONS to run up debts → sl.
1871 ► YAW to be in debt to → Sc.
1880 ► GYP → JIP to renege on one’s debts → Amer. colloq.
1880 ► GYPSY to renege on one’s debts → Amer. colloq.
1899 ► TAKE ON to buy on credit; to get into debt → Sc.
L19.. ► PARKER FROM DINARLY to pay one’s debts → sl.
L19.. ► RAMP to force someone to pay their debts → sl.
1904 ► STRIKE to get into debt; to beg, to borrow → sl. (Bk.)
1905 ► NEWS to advertise that one will not be responsible for another person’s debts → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1916 ► COME THROUGH to pay a debt → Amer. dial.
1930 ► SKATE to default a debt; to avoid paying → African-American sl.
1954 ► COME OVER to pay a debt → Amer. dial.
1960 ► NAIL to charge with a debt → sl.
1999 ► ALLEY UP to pay back a debt → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► WELSH ON to fail to honour debts → Aust. sl. (Bk.)