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that which one needs must pay, obligation, debt, Ἄρης . . χρέος καὶ δεσμὸν ἀλύξας Od. 8.353, cf. 355; χρεῖος ἀποστήσασθαι, i.e. pay it in full, Il. 13.746: esp. of the obligation to restore or pay for ‘lifted’ cattle and plunder, so the heralds of the Pylians summoned to share in booty all οἷσι χρεῖος ὀφείλετʼ· . . πολέσιν γὰρ Ἐπειοὶ χρεῖος ὄφειλον (where Sch. A, τὰ περιελασθέντα ἐκ τῆς Πύλου ὑπὸ τῶν Ἐπειῶν θρέμματα χρέως καλεῖ) Il. 11.686, cf. Od. 3.367, 21.17; later simply, debt, αὐτὸς ἔτεισε . . χρέος Thgn. 205; ἀρᾶς τίνει χ. pays the debt demanded by the curse, A. Ag. 457 (lyr.); μή τι πέρα χρέος . . πόλει προσάψῃς debt, i.e. guilt, S. OC 235 (lyr.); χ. πράσσειν τινά exact payment of a debt from one, Pi. O. 3.7; ἐμὸν καταίσχυνε χ. dishonoured my debt, i.e. dishonoured me for not paying my debt, for not keeping my promise, ib. 10(11).8; τεὸν χ. the debt due to thee, Id. P. 8.33: in Com. and Prose, χ. ἀποδιδόναι repay a debt, Hdt. 2.136 (where also we have χ. διδόναι to give a loan, and χ. λαμβάνειν to receive a loan), cf. Ar. Nu. 117, Pl. Plt. 267a; ἔχω χ. ὡς εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν ἀνδρὸς Ἕλληνος I know of nothing that I owe to any man of Greece, Hdt. 3.140; χ. ἀπαιτεῖν Plu. Oth. 2; τὰ ὑπάρχοντα τῶν χ. ἀνεῖσθαι Id. Sol. 15; τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν χρέως (sc. ὀφειλόμενον) D. 33.24; ὢ καλὸν εἰς ἄλοχον θέμενος χ., like χάριν θέσθαι (v. τίθημι A. II.7 fin.), Epigr. in Arch.Pap. 1.220 ( Ptolemaic); ἔχειν εἴς τι χ. Plu. Caes. 48: pl., debts, Hes. Op. 647, Ar. Nu. 13, etc.; χρειῶν λύσις Hes. Op. 404; χρέα ἀπολαβεῖν And. 3.15; χρέα ἐπὶ τόκοις ὀφειλόμενα Is. 11.42; τὴν οὐσίαν ἅπασαν χρέα κατέλιπον left all the property in outstanding debts, D. 38.7; εἰσπραχθέντα χρέα ibid.; ἐκπληρῶσαι τὸ χ. ἅπαν pay it, Pl. Lg. 958b; τὸ χ. διαλυέτω SIG 306.46 ( Tegea, iv B. C.), cf. Plu. Luc. 20 ( Pass.); πρὸς τὰ χ. ἀπάγεσθαι Plb. 38.11.10, D.H. 4.9:—cf. ἀποκοπή.