debtor
Syllables: debt·or/ˈdɛt.ə/US/ˈdɛt.ɚ/
debtor noun: a person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.
Noun
debtor (plural debtors)
- A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.
- The debtor agreed to repay the loan within six months.
- The law protects both the debtor and the creditor.
- Antonyms:
- creditor
- 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.
- As a debtor, he faced constant letters from the bank.
- O! to Grace how great a Debtor,
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debtor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
debtor in Hindi
- a person or firm that owes money
- ऋणी ŕṇī, क़र्ज़दार qarzadār, धर्ता dhartā, अधमर्ण adhmarṇ
debtor in Tamil
- a person or firm that owes money
- கடனாளி kaṭaṉāḷi
debtor in Marathi
- कर्जदार
debtor in Urdu
- مدیون
More languagesFewer languages
- debtor in Bengali
- ঋণী
- debtor in Malayalam
- കടക്കാരൻ, കടങ്കാരൻ, കടം മേടിച്ചവൻ, കടപ്പെട്ടവൻ
- debtor in Kannada
- ಕಡಗಾರ, ಸಾಲಿಗ, ಸಾಲಗಾರ, ಸಾಲಪಡೆದವನು
- debtor in Punjabi
- ਕਰਜ਼ਦਾਰ
- debtor in Gujarati
- દેવાદાર
- debtor in Odia
- ଋଣୀ
- debtor in Sanskrit
- ऋणिन् ṛṇin
- debtor in Nepali
- ऋणी, ऋणकर्ता
- debtor in Arabic
- مَدِين madīn
- debtor in Malay
- penghutang
- debtor in Thai
- ลูกหนี้ lûuk-nîi
- debtor in Vietnamese
- con nợ
Examples of debtor in a sentence
- Forgive a debt, that is, tell a debtor that a repayment of a loan is no longer needed.
- The term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt.
- The surety claimed relief in terms of the beneficium excussionis, thus obliging the creditor to excuss against the principal debtor.
Antonyms of debtor
Forms of debtor
| plural | debtors |
|---|---|
| alternative form | debtour |
Origin of debtor
From Middle English dettour, from Old French detour, from Latin debitor, equivalent to debt + -or. Doublet of debitor. Displaced native Old English *sċola.
Words formed from debtor
Words that rhyme with debtor
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Questions about debtor
- What does debtor mean?
- Debtor means a person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.
- What is debtor in Hindi?
- Debtor in Hindi is ऋणी (ŕṇī), क़र्ज़दार (qarzadār), धर्ता (dhartā). See Debtor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is debtor?
- Debtor is a noun.
- How do you pronounce debtor?
- Debtor is pronounced /ˈdɛt.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of debtor?
- The plural of debtor is debtors.
Words near debtor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: debtor (page history and authors); debtor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debtor (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); debtor (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debtor (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); debtor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); debtor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debtor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debtor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ऋणिन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); debtor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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