DEBTOR

debtor, debitor

(noun) a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

debtor (plural debtors)

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

Antonym: creditor

(legal) 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

Anagrams

• betrod

Source: Wiktionary


Debt"or, n. Etym: [OE. dettur, dettour, OF. detor, detur, detour, F. débiteur, fr. L. debitor, fr. debere to owe. See Debt.]

Definition: One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor. [I 'll] bring your latter hazard back again, And thankfully rest debtor for the first. Shak. In Athens an insolvent debtor became slave to his creditor. Mitford. Debtors for our lives to you. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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