Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phantom debt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: phan-tom debt
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Debt that is old, defaulted, or not owed but has somehow been revived, henceforth haunting the presumed debtor.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From phantom + debt.

Usage

Inflected Forms

phantom debts (plural)

Phrases

debt collection

Frequently Paired Words

debt collection

Synonyms

zombie debt

Questions

What does phantom debt mean?: Debt that is old, defaulted, or not owed but has somehow been revived, henceforth haunting the presumed debtor.
Where does phantom debt come from?: From phantom + debt.

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