Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "bashi" shine yanayin bashin kuɗi ga wani ko wani abu, yawanci sakamakon rance ko amfani da bashi. Hakanan yana iya komawa ga wani abu da ake bi bashi ko abin da ya kamata, kamar wajibcin ɗabi'a ko na shari'a. Gabaɗaya, bashi wani abin alhaki ne, wajibcin kuɗi ne wanda wani ɓangare ya yi wa wani.
l'm half a kingdom in debt