n.
1) to contract, incur, run up a ~; to get into, go into ~
2) to collect, recover a ~
3) to discharge, pay (off), settle; wipe out; write off a ~
4) to cancel; repudiate a ~
5) a bad; outstanding, unsettled ~
6) a business; gambling; personal, private ~, the national ~
7) in ~ for; to (he is in ~ to me for a large sum; deeply in ~)
8) out of ~ (to stay out of ~)
9) ( misc. ) a ~ of honor