(a) An unpaid debt, the balance due (on a debt, rent, wages, a pension, a tax or tribute, etc.); fig. man's unpaid debt to God, a sin or shortcoming; (b) the balance of an account, money received or collected to be paid to a successor or a superior.

The condition of being behind in payments or short in one's accounts: fallen (rennen) in ~, to fall behind in one's payments, go into debt, be short in one's accounts; bringen (casten, finden, putten) in ~, to find (sb.) short in his accounts.