debtor
[det-er]
- a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another (opposed to creditor).
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Origin of debtor
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Contemporary Examples
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.
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The document gave Billings claim to all personal property, bank accounts, and future earnings of the debtor.
Historical Examples
When he was overpowered by these fits, the debtor often turned it for him.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
She had nothing to reproach him with; on the contrary, she felt she was his debtor.
His MasterpieceEmile Zola
We have paid our debts; we have become a creditor rather than a debtor nation.
Latin America and the United StatesElihu Root
No man lives in freedom anywhere on earth who is not his debtor and his follower.
Latin America and the United StatesElihu Root
But Blake was playing for a fortune, for shelter from a debtor's prison.
Mistress WildingRafael Sabatini
debtor
- a person or commercial enterprise that owes a financial obligationCompare creditor
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Word Origin and History for 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.
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