Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that owes something to another.
- n. One who is guilty of a trespass or sin; a sinner.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who owes another money, goods, or services; one who is in debt; hence, one under obligations to another for advantages received, or to do reparation for an injury committed; one who has received from another an advantage of any kind.
Wiktionary
- n. economics A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt
- n. law 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to
creditor .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
Etymologies
- Middle English dettour, from Old French dettor, from Latin dēbitor, from dēbitus, past participle of dēbēre, to owe; see debt. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“And we have a very financially sound corporation backing us up and providing what we call debtor-in - possession financing.”
“My hope is that it's not a liquidation," Sen. Chris Dodd, chairman of the Banking Committee, said this morning on the "Early Show" on CBS, "but what they call a debtor-in-possession, sort of Chapter 11 filing, which would allow for the reorganization of these companies.”
“My hope is that it's not a liquidation," Sen. Chris Dodd, chairman of the Banking Committee, said Friday morning on the "Early Show" on CBS, "but what they call a debtor-in-possession, sort of Chapter 11 filing, which would allow for the reorganization of these companies.”
“ORLEANS - After 33 months in what he called debtor's prison, Richard Birchall was suddenly released from jail Wednesday under new law created by the state's highest court for people jailed on civil contempt charges.”
“One creditor could provide TerreStar with about $75 million in debtor-in-possession financing that would keep the telecommunications firm afloat during bankruptcy proceedings, the person said.”
“If they bankruptcy is not a tenable option because automakers cannot obtain debtor in possession financing on credit markets the government can provide the DIP financing.”
“Castro added that, psychologically, 1985 would have been the most appropriate time for the Latin American debtor countries to resort to the tactic of a joint suspension of payments.”
“Will Latin American debtor countries reach a preliminary consensus before a crisis erupts?”
“The hungry are fed, the naked are clothed, the cold are cheered and warmed with fuel, the desolate and houseless are provided for, the needy debtor is forgiven, an hour of ease and relief is managed for the weary and careworn, innocent gratifications are contrived by the liberal for those whose pleasures are few and rare.”
“These Rajah-creditors would tell you smilingly that they knew by Mohammedan law the creditors can take and sell all their debtor's property for an overdue debt, and that then the debtor is free; but they never act on that principle.”
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Bad Options
words for those who commit particular crimes: i.e., bank robber, arsonist, etc.
liar, cheat, traitor, arsonist, felon, braggard, thief, profiteer, impostor, phony, fraud, culprit and 212 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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ECON - general customs terms
ad-valorem duty, agricultural duties, anti-dumping duties, approved exporter, association agree..., ATA carnet, authorised consignee, authorised consignor, binding origin in..., binding tariff in..., combined nomencla..., commercial policy... and 65 more...
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2007bee-r02
2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee Round 2
query, tendency, danceable, parachute, malignant, brutal, humanely, lyrically, deductible, shindig, gravel, embroidered and 274 more...
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bilby "If thy Debtor be honest and capable, thou hast thy Mony again, if not with Encrease, with Praise: If he prove insolvent, don’t ruin him to get that, which it will not ruin thee to lose: For thou art but a Steward, and another is thy Owner, Master and Judge."
- William Penn, 'Fruits of Solitude'. Sep 8, 2009