English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Old French detour Latin debitor
Pronunciation [ edit ] debtor (plural debtors
( economics ) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt ; one who owes a debt ( law ) One who owes another anything, or is under obligation, arising from express agreement, implication of law, or principles of natural justice, to pay money or to fulfill some other obligation; in bankruptcy or similar proceedings, the person who is the subject of the proceeding.
Antonyms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
a person or firm that owes money
Armenian: պարտապան ( partapan )
Catalan: deutor m deutora f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 債務人 (zh) , 债务人 (zh) ( zhàiwùrén ) , 欠債人 欠债人 ( qiànzhàirén ) , 借方 (zh) ( jièfāng )
Czech: dlužník m
Dalmatian: debituar m
Dutch: debiteur (nl) m debitrice (nl) f schuldenaar (nl) m
Estonian: võlglane võlgnik (et)
Finnish: velallinen (fi) , luotonottaja luotonsaaja
French: débiteur (fr) m débitrice (fr) f
Georgian: მევალე ( mevale )
German: Schuldner (de) m Schuldnerin (de) f
Greek: οφειλέτης (el) m ( ofeilétis ) , οφειλέτρια f ( ofeilétria )
Hebrew: חייב m ( khayav ) , חייבת f ( khayevet )
Icelandic: skuldari m skuldunautur m
Italian: debitore (it) m debitrice (it) f
Japanese: 債務者 (ja) ( さいむしゃ, saimusha ) , 借方 (ja) ( かりかた, karikata )
Korean: 채무자 ( chaemuja )
Kurdish:
Sorani: قهرزار
Latin: debitor m debitrix f
Maori: kaiwhakatārewa tangata noho nama
Norman: detteur m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: debitor m skyldner m
Nynorsk: debitor m skuldnar m skyldnar m
Polish: dłużnik (pl) m dłużniczka (pl) f
Portuguese: devedor (pt) m devedora f
Russian: должни́к (ru) m ( dolžník ) , должни́ца (ru) f ( dolžníca ) , дебито́р (ru) m ( debitór )
Serbo-Croatian: дужник m ( dužnik )
Slovene: dolžnik m dolžnica f
Spanish: deudor (es) m deudora (es) f
Swahili: mdeni class 1 /2
Swedish: gäldenär (sv) c
Thai: ลูกหนี้ (th) ( lûuk-nîi )
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