definiens: with respect to any Person means any amount ( absolute or contingent ) payable by suchPerson as debtor, borrower, issuer, guarantor or otherwise ( i ) pursuant to an agreement or instrument involving or evidencingmoney borrowed, the advance of credit, a conditional sale or a transfer with recourse or with an obligation to repurchase,(ii ) pursuant to a lease with substantially the same economic effect as any such agreement or instrument, ( iii ) pursuant toany equity interest with a mandatory obligation to repurchase, ( iv ) pursuant to indebtedness of a third party secured by ( or forwhich the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by ) any Lien on assetsowned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, ( v ) pursuant to aninterest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement or other hedging arrangement, ( vi ) pursuant to aletter of credit issued for the account of such Person, or ( vii ) all Guarantees with respect to Indebtedness of the typesspecified in clauses ( i ) through ( vi ) above of another Person