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Webster 1913 Edition
Debtor
Debt′or
,Noun.
[OE.
dettur
, dettour
, OF. detor
, detur
, detour
, F. débiteur
, fr. L. debitor
, fr. debere
to owe. See Debt
.] One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; – correlative to creditor.
[I ’ll] bring your latter hazard back again,
And thankfully rest
And thankfully rest
debtor
for the first. Shakespeare
In Athens an insolvent
debtor
became slave to his creditor. Mitford.
Debtors
for our lives to you. Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Debtor
DEBT'OR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
debtor
debtor
English
Alternative forms
- debtour (obsolete)
Noun
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
Translations
a person or firm that owes money
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