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debtor
/ˈdɛt.ɚ/
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What does debtor mean?
noun
- A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.
- 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.
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IPA pronunciation
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Since when I have been debtor to you for courtesies, which I will be ever to pay and yet pay still.
From the very fact of its existence, it becomes a debtor to an amount equal to the cost of its production.
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I am obliged to you for the gentleness and moderation of your dun, considering how long I have been your debtor.
From the moment of the discovery of this act of dishonesty on the part of Webster, Parkman pursued his debtor with unrelenting severity.
If Shays had not been a DESPERATE DEBTOR, it is much to be doubted whether Massachusetts would have been plunged into a civil war.