dr

Noun

debtor (plural debtors)

1. 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.

   Antonyms:

   creditor

2. 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.

Noun

drive (countable and uncountable, plural drives)

1. Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
   • Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.

   Synonyms:

   ambition, grit, push, verve, motivation, get-up-and-go, self-motivation

   Antonyms:

   inertia, lack of motivation, laziness, phlegm, sloth

2. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
   • The Murdstonian drive in business.1881, Matthew Arnold, The Incompatibles
3. (broadly) An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
   • Are you all ready?’ he cried, and set off towards the dead ash where the drive would begin.1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 79
4. (broadly) An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.

   Synonyms:

   drove, drift

5. A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.
   • Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.

   Synonyms:

   attack, push

6. A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
   • steam drive, nuclear drive, chain drive, rear-wheel drive, all-wheel drive, front-wheel drive

   Synonyms:

   gear, engine, motor

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