old debts
definitions
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Financial obligations or sums of money owed from a previous period or time.fr: Vieilles dettes
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Past moral obligations, social duties, or unresolved grievances from the past.fr: Obligations passées
examples
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The company struggled to repay its old debts.
L'entreprise avait du mal à rembourser ses vieilles dettes.
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He felt he had to settle old debts of gratitude.
Il sentait qu'il devait régler de vieilles dettes de gratitude.