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debtor
debt·or D0064400 (dĕt′ər)n.1. One that owes something to another.2. One who is guilty of a trespass or sin; a sinner. [Middle English dettour, from Old French dettor, from Latin dēbitor, from dēbitus, past participle of dēbēre, to owe; see debt.]debtor (ˈdɛtə) n (Banking & Finance) a person or commercial enterprise that owes a financial obligation. Compare creditordebt•or (ˈdɛt ər) n. a person, company, or nation in debt or under financial obligation. [1250–1300; Middle English detto(u)r < Old French det(t)or < Latin dēbitōrem, acc. of dēbitor <dēbi-, variant s. of dēbēre (see debt)] debtorAny entity (including a person, company, or government) that owes payments, financial or otherwise, to creditor.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | debtor - a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debtdebitorindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"deadbeat, defaulter - someone who fails to meet a financial obligationfly-by-night - a debtor who flees to avoid payingmortgager, mortgagor - the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid; "we became mortgagors when the bank accepted our mortgage and loaned us the money to buy our new home"creditor - a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists |
debtornoun borrower, mortgagor, loanee, drawee For every debtor there's a creditor.Translationsdebt (det) noun what one person owes to another. His debts amount to over $3,000; a debt of gratitude. 債 债ˈdebtor noun a person who owes a debt. 債務人 债务人in debt owing money. 欠債 欠债Debtor
Debtor in civil law, a party to an obligation, that is, a party obliged to perform a certain act or to refrain from performing an act. Only persons able to exercise civil rights and obligations, that legal “persons”[such as corporations] can act in the capacity of debtors. In bilateral contractual obligations, one and the same person can be both a debtor and a creditor (for example, under a sale and delivery contract the contractor is a debtor as far as his obligation to deliver goods is concerned and a creditor in connection with the receipt of money). In obligations, several persons can be the debtor (the so-called plurality of debtors). In this case, the obligation is fulfilled by each debtor to the extent of his share and, in the case of joint and several liability, each of the debtors is obliged to fulfill the obligation to the full extent (for example, in the case of indivisibility of the object of obligation, see the Civil Code of the RSFSR, art. 180; in the case of joint guaranty, the Civil Code of the RSFSR, art. 204). The debtor who has fulfilled the obligation in its entirety has the right of claim on other debtors for exoneration. E. G. POLONSKII MedicalSeedebtdebtor Related to debtor: Judgment debtorDebtorOne who owes a debt or the performance of an obligation to another, who is called the creditor; one who may be compelled to pay a claim or demand; anyone liable on a claim, whether due or to become due. In Bankruptcy law, a person who files a voluntary petition or person against whom an involuntary petition is filed. A person or municipality concerning which a bankruptcy case has been commenced. debtorn. 1) a person or entity that owes an amount of money or favor to another. 2) in bankruptcy, the party whose affairs are the subject of the proceedings is called the "debtor." (See: bankruptcy) debtor someone who owes a debt to a CREDITOR.DEBTOR, contracts. One who owes a debt; he who may be constrained to pay what he owes. 2. A debtor is bound to pay his debt personally, and all the estate he possesses or may acquire, is also liable for his debt. 3. Debtors are joint or several; joint, when they all equally owe the debt in solido; in this case if a suit should be necessary to recover the debt, all the debtors must be sued together or, when some are dead, the survivors must be sued, but each is bound for the whole debt, having a right to contribution from the others; they are several, when each promises severally to pay the whole debt; and obligations are generally binding on both or all debtors jointly and severally. When they are severally bound each may be sued separately, and on the payment of debt by one, the others will be bound to contribution, where all had participated in the money or property, which was the cause of the debt. 4. Debtors are also principal and surety; the principal debtor is bound as between him and his surety to pay the whole debt. and if the surety pay it, he will be entitled to recover against the principal. Vide Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; Vin. Ab. Creditor and Debtor; Id. Debt; 8 Com. Dig. 288; Dig. 50, 16, 108 Id. 50, 16, 178, 3; Toull. liv. 2, n. 250. debtor
DebtorA person, company, or other organization that owes money to another individual, company, or organization. Generally speaking, a debtor acquires debt for a specific purpose, such as to fund a college education or to purchase a house. In business and government, debt is often issued in the form of bonds, which are tradeable securities entitling the bearer to repayment at the appropriate time(s), making the issuing government or business the debtor. A debtor almost always compensates a creditor with a certain amount of interest, representing the time value of money. However, some areas of finance, especially Islamic banking, do not allow debt with interest.debtor An individual or organization that owes a debt or has an obligation to another party. Compare creditor.debtor a person or business that owes money to individuals or firms for goods, services or raw materials that they have bought but for which they have not yet paid (trade debtors) or because they have borrowed money Debtors are also termed ‘accounts receivable’. See CREDITORS, DEBT, CREDIT CONTROL, WORKING CAPITAL, BAD DEBT. debtor(1) One who owes a debt.(2) In bankruptcy,the person who requests protection under the bankruptcy laws. debtor Related to debtor: Judgment debtorSynonyms for debtornoun borrowerSynonyms- borrower
- mortgagor
- loanee
- drawee
Synonyms for debtornoun a person who owes a creditorSynonymsRelated Words- individual
- mortal
- person
- somebody
- someone
- soul
- deadbeat
- defaulter
- fly-by-night
- mortgager
- mortgagor
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