debtor
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- debtour (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English dettour, from Old French detour, from Latin debitor. Doublet of debitor. Displaced native Old English *sċola.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɛt.ə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɛt.ɚ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈdet.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɛtə, -ɛtə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: debt‧or
Noun[edit]
debtor (plural debtors)
- (economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.
- Antonym: creditor
- (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.
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Translations[edit]
a person or firm that owes money
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