bereaved; reduced; homeless.
     in want &c. n.; needy, necessitous, distressed, pinched, straitened;
put to one’s shifts, put to one’s last shifts; unable to keep the wolf from the door, unable to make both ends meet; embarrassed, under hatches; involved &c. (in debt) 806; insolvent &c. (not paying) 808. 
     Adv. in forma pauperis[Lat]. 
     Phr. zonam perdidit[Lat]; “a penniless lass wi’ a lang pedigree” [Lady
Nairne]; a pobreza no hay verguenza[Sp]; “he that is down can fall no lower” [Butler]; poca roba poco pensiero[It]; “steeped . . . in poverty to the very lips” [Othello]; “the short and simple annals of the poor” [Gray].

     #805.  Credit.—­ N. credit, trust, tick, score, tally, account.
     letter of credit, circular note; duplicate; mortgage, lien, debenture,
paper credit, floating capital; draft, lettre de creance[Fr][obs3], securities.
     creditor, lender, lessor, mortgagee; dun; usurer.
     credit account, line of credit, open line of credit.
     credit card. 
     V. keep an account with, run up an account with; intrust, credit,
accredit.
     place to one’s credit, credit to one’s account, place to one’s
account|!; give credit, take credit; fly a kite|!. 
     Adj. crediting, credited; accredited. 
     Adv. on credit &c. n.; on account; to the account of, to the credit
of; a compte[Fr].

     #806.  Debt.—­ N. debt, obligation, liability, indebtment[obs3], debit,
score.
     bill; check; account (credit) 805.
     arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency &c.
(nonpayment) 808; bad debt.
     interest; premium; usance[obs3], usury; floating debt, floating
capital.
     debtor, debitor[obs3]; mortgagor; defaulter &c. 808; borrower. 
     V. be in debt &c. adj.; owe; incur a debt, contract a debt &c. n.; run
up a bill, run up a score, run up an account; go on tick; borrow &c. 788; run into debt, get into debt, outrun the constable; run up debts, run up bills (spend) 809..
     answer for, go bail for.
     [notify a person of his indebtedness:  ISA:written_communication] bill,
charge. 
     Adj. indebted; liable, chargeable, answerable for.
     in debt, in embarrassed circumstances, in difficulties; incumbered,
involved; involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over one’s head in debt, over head and ears in debt; deeply involved; fast tied up; insolvent &c. (not paying) 808; minus, out of pocket.
     unpaid; unrequited, unrewarded; owing, due, in arrear[obs3],
outstanding; past due. 
     Phr. aes alienum debitorem leve gravius inimicum facit [obs3][Latin];
“neither a borrower nor a lender be” [Hamlet].

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