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indebted

 adjective
     
in‧debt‧ed
1

be (deeply/greatly) indebted to somebody

to be very grateful to someone for the help they have given you:
We are deeply indebted to Dr Allen.
2 owing money to someone:
the 17 most heavily indebted nations
—indebtedness noun [uncountable]
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