debt — A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone.
poverty — the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. Synonyms: privation, neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury. Antonyms: riches, wealth, plenty.
verb grubstake
take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.