debtor

Signification (Anglais)

1. A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.
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.

Concepts

débiteur

débiteur-trice

débitrice

redevable

Synonymes

borrower

debitor

obligator

debit

obligor

tenant

debt

debit side

promisor

sinner

welsher

dr

way of borrowing

Dr

loanee

one indebted to another

one that owes something

account receivable

mortgagor

Coupé comme

debt‧or

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈdɛt.ə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: dettour

In summary

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