The payment on that political debt may be substantial, analysts said.

"But he will have a lot of political debts to pay if he wants to stay in office."

I was elected because I owed no political debts.

The justices in these cases voted conscientiously, disregarding any sense of political debt.

It could be seen in a country that all it's being used for is to pay some political debt.

He owes these men a large political debt.

They see it as one way of paying a political debt.

"It means he'll support me publicly; he'll call in every political debt owed him."

They do not owe each other significant political debts, he noted.

"It sounds like bits and pieces paying off political debts."