| 单词 | debtor |
| 释义 | debtor (once / 1173 pages) n A debtor is someone who owes money. If you borrow from a bank to buy a car, you are a debtor. Most of us are debtors at some point in our lives. We borrow money to buy houses or cars, to attend college, or to tide us over when we're between jobs. Businesses and large institutions can also be debtors, and even countries are often debtors. If a developing country borrows money from a wealthier one, the borrower is a debtor. The opposite of a debtor is a creditor. WORD FAMILYdebtor: debtors USAGE EXAMPLESI will probably spend the next nine years as the inmate librarian in some sort of debtor’s prison. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) Its 1742 premiere in Dublin was a benefit concert for the infirm and the incarcerated in debtors prison. Los Angeles Times(Dec 11, 2016) Jailing people over their poverty amounts to operating illegal debtors’ prisons, Voss said. The Guardian(Dec 06, 2016) n a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper debitor creditor a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists deadbeat, defaulter someone who fails to meet a financial obligation fly-by-nighta debtor who flees to avoid paying mortgager, mortgagorthe person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid deadbeat dada father who willfully defaults on his obligation to provide financial support for his offspring individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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