Secondly, i was wondering if there is such a word in the english language that describes a person, who owes you some favour (not. I came across an acknowledgement in one of the theses which came for correction to me. What do you call a person who is given money to cash your check, usually using force, when the indebted people refuse to give your money back?
2 i think there is a more common expression which might express the deep gratitude one feels towards another person, a person who has saved your child's life. I've never heard/seen endebted, only indebted. What do you call doing someone a favor but then talking about it making them feel indebted to you?
Admittedly, my exposure is principally to ame, so i suppose it could exist in bre, given that you found it in oxford. 8 obligation means indebtedness, so to use it in the phrase much obliged is to say i am indebted to you . Forever shall i remain indebted to.. I would say it is polite, but no more so than a prim thank you.
First of all, english is not my mother tongue. Imagine a reference to a tax debt, does it mean that the national treasury owes you. The issue you are confronting is whether the word debt (standing alone) refers to something owed or owing. Is it the correct way.