debtor
a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another (opposed to creditor).
Origin of debtor
1Other words from debtor
- non·debt·or, noun
- pre·debt·or, noun
Words Nearby debtor
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How to use debtor in a sentence
The CPUC’s communication division made a verbal agreement with the accounting office in 2018 to not record outstanding citations because the debtors may no longer be in business.
Utility Companies Owe Millions to This State Regulatory Agency. The Problem? The Agency Can’t Track What It’s Owed. | by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation | February 10, 2021 | ProPublicaAlthough neither of those companies received money from the federal loan program, the renewed ability of their debtors to repay is probably helping other debt-collection companies, analysts said.
Debt collectors, payday lenders collected over $500 million in federal pandemic relief | Peter Whoriskey, Joel Jacobs, Aaron Gregg | January 15, 2021 | Washington PostMany debtors — the primary source of revenue for debt-collection agencies — have at least temporarily been in a better position to pay their debts.
Debt collectors, payday lenders collected over $500 million in federal pandemic relief | Peter Whoriskey, Joel Jacobs, Aaron Gregg | January 15, 2021 | Washington PostThe stories exposed how high-interest lenders and medical debt collectors have taken over American courtrooms, using them to funnel debtors to jail over unpaid bills.
Four ProPublica Projects Named Finalists for Loeb Awards | by ProPublica | October 6, 2020 | ProPublicaA recent study by economists from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and the University of California, San Diego, focused on debtors who, after being sued, agreed to pay in order to avoid garnishment.
Debt Collectors Have Made a Fortune This Year. Now They’re Coming for More. | by Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen | October 5, 2020 | ProPublica
But that means that the debtor will be on the hook for somewhere around 25% of the forgiven debt.
Bartleby ends in debtor's prison, where the lawyer visits him and finds him - dead.
Given all that, the chances of the IRS coming after the debtor for income tax on the forgiven debt are exactly zero.
In Europe the principal divide that has opened is among countries, with debtor nations pitted against creditor nations.
They fully understand that American military power cannot survive the United States being a huge debtor nation.
And, 'Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.'
His Last Week | William E. BartonBy submitting to the rite, every one that received circumcision became a debtor to do the whole law.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamLikewise a man and a woman who are engaged to be married; and a creditor has an insurable interest in the life of his debtor.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesNor can a debtor compel his creditor to receive one cent and five cent pieces to a greater amount than twenty-five cents.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesDoes a debtor who turns over a note to his creditor in payment, thereby cancel the debt?
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
British Dictionary definitions for debtor
/ (ˈdɛtə) /
a person or commercial enterprise that owes a financial obligation: Compare creditor
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