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debt investment & finance definition
An
obligation that a person or organization has to another person or organization.
Debt may be in the form of a bond, note, mortgage, line of credit, or other
financial instrument. Debt may be secured by assets, which means that the
assets will be seized in the event of default, or be unsecured.
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