debtor

Meaning

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.

Opposite of

creditor

Synonyms

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

Translations

débiteur

Schuldner

debitore

deudor

debiteur

οφειλέτης

devedor

schuldenaar

deutor

χρεώστης

debitrice

Debitor

Schuldnerin

debitor

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɛt.ə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: 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.