He put school on hold to work and pay off a substantial family debt.
Barnaby discovers that settling his family debts is no straightforward matter.
She will do anything for money in order to help settle the family debts.
Cecily's portion had been destined to pay down the family debt.
The next time my father left on a trip, he paid off most of the family debts.
Due to this sense of duty and to pay off family debts, many girls have been forced into prostitution.
By then family debts, she said, had spiraled out of control.
Child labour has been found in family debt bonded situations.
A son comes back still unable to repay a family debt.
She paid $27 to terminate the pregnancy, adding to the family debt and her own sadness.