/ɪnˈdɛtɪdnəs/ – Noun
Definition: sự nợ nần.
A more thorough explanation: 1. the state of being grateful to someone for something they have done; the state of having relied on, or having been inspired by, someone or something
2. the state of owing money to a person, business, organisation or other entity
Example: 1. While Dvořák’s Sixth is a confident, colourful and entirely characteristic work, its indebtedness to Brahms’s Second is clear, especially in the finale.
2. The company accounts over the previous four years had not shown the true state of its huge indebtedness.