debtor

[ det-er ]
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noun
  1. a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another (opposed to creditor).

Origin of debtor

1
1250–1300; Middle English detto(u)r<Anglo-French dett(o)ur, de(b)tour,Old French det(t)or<Latin dēbitōr-, stem of dēbitor, equivalent to dēbi-, variant stem of dēbēre (see debt) + -tor-tor

Other words from debtor

  • non·debt·or, noun
  • pre·debt·or, noun

Words Nearby debtor

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How to use debtor in a sentence

  • And, 'Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.'

    His Last Week | William E. Barton
  • By submitting to the rite, every one that received circumcision became a debtor to do the whole law.

  • Likewise a man and a woman who are engaged to be married; and a creditor has an insurable interest in the life of his debtor.

  • Nor can a debtor compel his creditor to receive one cent and five cent pieces to a greater amount than twenty-five cents.

  • Does a debtor who turns over a note to his creditor in payment, thereby cancel the debt?

British Dictionary definitions for debtor

debtor

/ (ˈdɛtə) /


noun
  1. a person or commercial enterprise that owes a financial obligation: Compare creditor

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