debtor

English

Alternative forms

• debtour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French detour, from Latin debitor

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdɛt.ə/
• (Australia)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdet.ə/
• (General American)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdɛt.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)

Noun

debtor ‎(plural debtors)

1. (economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt
2. (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

• creditor

Translations

a person or firm that owes money

• Armenian: պարտապան ‎(partapan)
• Catalan: deutor m, deutora f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 債務人, 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)
• Estonian: võlglane, võlgnik (et)
• Finnish: velallinen (fi), luotonottaja, luotonsaaja
• French: débiteur (fr) m
• German: Schuldner (de) m
• Greek: οφειλέτης (el) m ‎(ofeilétis)
• Hebrew: חייב m ‎(khayav), חייבת f ‎(khayevet)
• Icelandic: skuldari 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
• Maori: kaiwhakatārewa, tangata noho nama
• Norman: detteur m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: debitor m, skyldner m

  Nynorsk: debitor m

• Polish: dłużnik (pl)
• Portuguese: devedor (pt) m
• Russian: должни́к (ru) m ‎(dolžník), дебито́р (ru) m ‎(debitór)
• Serbo-Croatian: дужник m ‎(dužnik)
• Slovene: dolžnik m, dolžnica f
• Spanish: deudor (es) m
• Swahili: mdeni class 1/2
• Swedish: gäldenär (sv) c