debtor
pronunciation
How to pronounce debtor in British English:
UK [ˈdetə(r)]
How to pronounce debtor in American English:
US [ˈdetər]
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- Noun:
- a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
Word Origin
- debtor (n.)
- early 13c., dettur, dettour, from Old French detour, from Latin debitor "a debter," from past participle stem of debere; see debt. The -b- was restored in later French, and in English c. 1560-c. 1660. The KJV has detter three times, debter three times, debtor twice and debtour once.
Example
- 1. Only the debtor can apply for sauvegarde .
- 2. This is most obvious for debtor countries whose banks and governments would go bust ; but germany and other creditors would also pay an extremely high price .
- 3. It 's true , foley said : if a debt collector tells a credit bureau that a debtor is dead , that bureau will include the information in a credit report , and it will then filter through the entire credit system .
- 4. To chinese leaders , the u. s.looks like a political basket-case and a dodgy debtor .
- 5. But the hopeful maxim of dickens 's perennial debtor that " something will turn up " nourishes american housebuilders .