debtee
/dɛˈtiː/
debtee noun: one who is owed a debt; a creditor.
Noun
debtee (plural debtees)
- One who is owed a debt; a creditor.
- If a person indebted to another makes his creditor or debtee his executor , or if such a creditor obtains letters of administration to his debtor ; in these cases the law gives him a remedy for his debt by allowing him to retain so much as will pay himself1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
- The debtee also relies on the debtor to be financially successful themselves to pay the instalments of the debt as necessary.2022, Richard J. Britton, Romans and the Power of the Believer
Forms of debtee
| plural | debtees |
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Origin of debtee
From debt + -ee.
Questions about debtee
- What does debtee mean?
- Debtee means one who is owed a debt; a creditor.
- What part of speech is debtee?
- Debtee is a noun.
- How do you pronounce debtee?
- Debtee is pronounced /dɛˈtiː/.
- What is the plural of debtee?
- The plural of debtee is debtees.
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