Debt

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Davy Jones occasionally made deals, after which he is owed a debt.

"One hundred years before the mast, losing who you were, bit by bit, until you end up... end up like poor Wyvern here. Once you've sworn an oath to the Dutchman, there's no leaving it. Not until your debt is paid."

―Bootstrap Bill Turner

Debt is an obligation that requires one party, the debtor, to pay money or other agreed-upon value to another party, the creditor. It is a deferred payment, or series of payments, which differentiates it from an immediate purchase. The debt may be owed by country, local government, company, or an individual. Loans, bonds, notes, and mortgages are all types of debt. The term can also be used metaphorically to cover moral obligations and other interactions not based on a monetary value. For example, a person who has been helped by a second person is sometimes said to owe a "debt of gratitude" to the second person.

History

Those who serve aboard Davy Jones' ship, the Flying Dutchman, are not free to leave until their debt is paid. Captain Jack Sparrow owed debts to several individuals, including Davy Jones and Pierre Kelly.

Behind the scenes

• In the original script draft for At World's End when Will Turner led the East India Trading Company Armada to Shipwreck Island Cutler Beckett acknowledged he was in his debt and gave him James Norrington's ceremonial sword as a small gesture of thanks.

Appearances

• Jack Sparrow: The Sword of Cortés
• Jack Sparrow: Silver
• The Price of Freedom
• Legends of the Brethren Court: Rising in the East‎
• Legends of the Brethren Court: The Turning Tide
• Legends of the Brethren Court: Wild Waters
• The Dark Skull
• Double Duel! (Mentioned only)
• Pirates of the Caribbean Online
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (junior novelization) (First appearance)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (video game)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization)
• The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Novelization

Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)

External links

• Debt on Wikipedia