debtor

English

Alternative forms

• debtour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English dettour, from Old French detour, from Latin debitor, equivalent to debt +‎ -or. Doublet of debitor. Displaced native Old English *sċola.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛt.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛt.ɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈdet.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɛtə, -ɛtə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: debt‧or

Noun

debtor (plural debtors)

2. (economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.

   Antonym: creditor

   The debtor agreed to repay the loan within six months.

   The law protects both the debtor and the creditor.

3. (law) 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.

Derived terms

• codebtor
• debtor in possession
• debtorship
• homedebtor
• nondebtor
• zombie debtor

Translations

a person or firm that owes money

Arabic: مَدِين m (madīn) Egyptian Arabic: مديون m (madyūn) Armenian: պարտապան (hy) (partapan) Asturian: deudor m, deudora f Belarusian: даўжні́к m (dawžník), даўжні́ца f (dawžníca) Bulgarian: длъжни́к (bg) m (dlǎžník), длъжни́ца f (dlǎžníca), длъжни́чка f (dlǎžníčka) Catalan: deutor (ca) m, deutora (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 債務人 / 债务人 (zh) (zhàiwùrén), 欠債人 / 欠债人 (qiànzhàirén), 借方 (zh) (jièfāng) Czech: dlužník (cs) m, dlužnice f Dalmatian: debituar m Danish: debitor c, skyldner c Dutch: debiteur (nl) m, debitrice (nl) f, schuldenaar (nl) m Esperanto: ŝuldanto, debitoro Estonian: võlglane, võlgnik (et) Finnish: velallinen (fi), luotonottaja, luotonsaaja French: débiteur (fr) m, débitrice (fr) f Georgian: მევალე (mevale) German: Schuldner (de) m, Schuldnerin (de) f Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌰 m (skula) Greek: οφειλέτης (el) m (ofeilétis), οφειλέτρια (el) f (ofeilétria) Ancient: ὀφειλέτης m (opheilétēs), χρεωφειλέτης m (khreōpheilétēs) Hebrew: חייב / חַיָּב (he) m (khayav), חייבת \ חַיֶּבֶת f (khayevet) Hindi: ऋणी (hi) m (ŕṇī), क़र्ज़दार m (qarzadār), धर्ता (hi) m (dhartā), अधमर्ण (hi) m (adhmarṇ) Hungarian: adós (hu) Icelandic: skuldari m, skuldunautur m Italian: debitore (it) m, debitrice (it) f Japanese: 債務者 (ja) (さいむしゃ, saimusha), 借方 (ja) (かりかた, karikata) Korean: 채무자(債務者) (chaemuja) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: قەرزار (qerzar) Latin: dēbitor m, dēbitrix f Latvian: parādnieks m, parādniece f Lithuanian: skolininkas (lt) m Macedonian: должник m (dolžnik), должничка f (dolžnička) Malay: penghutang Maori: kaiwhakatārewa, tangata noho nama, kaitangonama Norman: detteur m Norwegian: Bokmål: debitor m, skyldner m Nynorsk: debitor m, skuldnar m, skyldnar m Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: длъжьникъ m (dlŭžĭnikŭ) Old English: *sċola m Plautdietsch: Schildna m Polish: dłużnik (pl) m, dłużniczka (pl) f Portuguese: devedor (pt) m, devedora f Romanian: debitor (ro) m, debitoare (ro) f Russian: должни́к (ru) m (dolžník), должни́ца (ru) f (dolžníca), дебито́р (ru) m (debitór) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ду̀жнӣк m, ду̀жница f Roman: dùžnīk (sh) m, dùžnica (sh) f Slovak: dlžník m, dlžníčka f Slovene: dolžnik m, dolžnica f Spanish: deudor (es) m, deudora (es) f Swahili: mdeni class 1/2 Swedish: gäldenär (sv) c Thai: ลูกหนี้ (th) (lûuk-nîi) Ukrainian: боржни́к (uk) m (boržnýk), боржни́ця f (boržnýcja) Vietnamese: con nợ

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