debtor
a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another (opposed to creditor).
Origin of debtor
1Other 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
But that means that the debtor will be on the hook for somewhere around 25% of the forgiven debt.
Bartleby ends in debtor's prison, where the lawyer visits him and finds him - dead.
Given all that, the chances of the IRS coming after the debtor for income tax on the forgiven debt are exactly zero.
In Europe the principal divide that has opened is among countries, with debtor nations pitted against creditor nations.
They fully understand that American military power cannot survive the United States being a huge debtor nation.
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. BartonBy submitting to the rite, every one that received circumcision became a debtor to do the whole law.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamLikewise a man and a woman who are engaged to be married; and a creditor has an insurable interest in the life of his debtor.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesNor can a debtor compel his creditor to receive one cent and five cent pieces to a greater amount than twenty-five cents.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesDoes a debtor who turns over a note to his creditor in payment, thereby cancel the debt?
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
British Dictionary definitions for debtor
/ (ˈdɛtə) /
a person or commercial enterprise that owes a financial obligation: Compare creditor
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