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noun
A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: economics, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: creditor
noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: debitor
Antonyms: creditor
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: defaulter, deadbeat, fly-by-night, mortgagor, mortgager
History
From Middle English dettour, from Old French detour, from Latin debitor, equivalent to debt + -or. Doublet of debitor. Displaced native Old English *sċola.
Across languages
103 source translations are retained for this English entry.
