Debtor

Definition: Debtor

Debtor

Noun

1. Someone who owes money.

Date "debtor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Debtor

Domain	Definitions
Bible	Debtor Various regulations as to the relation between debtor and creditor are laid down in the Scriptures. (1.) The debtor was to deliver up as a pledge to the creditor what he could most easily dispense with (Deut. 24:10, 11). (2.) A mill, or millstone, or upper garment, when given as a pledge, could not be kept over night (Ex. 22:26, 27). (3.) A debt could not be exacted during the Sabbatic year (Deut. 15:1-15). For other laws bearing on this relation see Lev. 25:14, 32, 39; Matt. 18:25, 34. (4.) A surety was liable in the same way as the original debtor (Prov. 11:15; 17:18). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Finance	The person who, on a purchase and sale, receives the credit, i. e. the purchaser. Source: European Union. (references)
	A person who owes something of value, such as money. (references)
Occupations	Traces skips (debtors who change residence without notifying creditors to evade payment of bills) for creditors or other concerned parties: Searches city and telephone directories, and street listings, and inquires at post office. Interviews, telephones, or writes former neighbors, stores, friends, relatives, and former employers to elicit information pertaining to whereabouts of skips. Follows up each lead and prepares report of investigation to creditor. May trace individuals for purposes of serving legal papers. May contact debtors by mail or phone to attempt collection of money owed [COLLECTION CLERK (clerical)]. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Debtor

Synonym: Debtor & creditor. (additional references)

Antonym: creditor (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Debtor

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Accounts	Books, account book, ledger; day book, cash book, pass book; journal; debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account; account current; balance, balance sheet; compte rendu, account settled, acquit, assets, expenditure, liabilities, outstanding accounts; profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts.
Debt	Debtor, debitor; mortgagor; defaulter; borrower.
Nonpayment	Bankrupt, insolvent, debtor, lame duck, man of straw, welsher, stag, defaulter, levanter.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Debtor

English words defined with "debtor": Act of bankruptcy ♦ cognovit judgement, cognovit judgment, Composition deed, confession of judgement, confession of judgment ♦ Days of grace, Debitor, Debtee ♦ fieri facias, fly-by-night, Foreign attachment ♦ Hypotheca, Hypothecation ♦ Jail liberties, Jail limits, Judgment summons ♦ peonage ♦ Statute merchant, Statute staple ♦ To give time. (references)

Specialty definitions using "debtor": Abbey Laird, account receivable ♦ bill check, bonded debenture, Book-keeping ♦ collateral bonds, contract involving a guarantee, contract of guarantee, contract of guaranty, Country Risk ♦ dation en paiement, Debt, debt buy-back, debt payable, debt repurchase, debt workout, Debtor Nation, deed of contract, deficiency judgment, DUEL ♦ giving in payment, guarantee agreement, guaranteed bond, guaranteed debenture, guaranteed debt ♦ junior debt ♦ Letter of Licence ♦ MORTGAGE-LOAN-COMPUTATION CLERK ♦ Pocket Judgment ♦ REPOSSESSOR, right of recourse ♦ secured debenture, secured loan stock, Sovereign Risk, subordinated debt ♦ transfer of something in lieu of payment. (references)

Etymologies containing "debtor": Debitor. (references)

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Modern Usage: Debtor

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	A Debtor to the Law (1919)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Debtor

Domain	Title
Books	Problems and Materials on Debtor and Creditor Law (reference) Debtor Unashamed: The Road to Mission Is a Two Way Street (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Debtor

Author	Quotation
Francis Bacon	I hold every man a debtor to his profession.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe	People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or later they find themselves debtor or creditor to some one.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Debtor

Author	Date	Quotation
Magna Carta	1215	Neither we nor our bailiffs will seize any land or rent for any debt, as long as the chattels of the debtor are sufficient to repay the debt; nor shall the sureties of the debtor be distrained so long as the principal debtor is able to satisfy the debt; and if the principal debtor shall fail to pay the debt, having nothing wherewith to pay it, then the sureties shall answer for the debt; and let them have the lands and rents of the debtor, if they desire them, until they are indemnified for the debt which they have paid for him, unless the principal debtor can show proof that he is discharged thereof as against the said sureties. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The Creditor Clearing Office will notify the Debtor Office of all debts declared to it. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Debtor

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Croatia	Either the trustee or debtor is entitled to file a reorganization plan. (references)
	Bulgaria	The debtor is obliged to declare bankruptcy within 15 days of becoming insolvent. (references)
	Croatia	The rights of the debtor to manage and dispose of the assets are transferred to the trustee. (references)
Political Economy	CZECH REPUBLIC	Firms are allowed to write off the first year's share of a bad debt without filing suit against the debtor, though subsequent write-offs must document unsuccessful efforts to collect past due amounts. (references)
	ECUADOR	The second review was eventually concluded on May 25, 2001. Ecuador has yet to sign bilateral implementing agreements with many of its debtors, including the United States, that would bring the Paris Club agreement into force with individual debtor countries. (references)
	NORWAY	The government's gross external debt situation significantly improved in 1990's, declining from about US$ 10 billion in 1993 to about US$ 750 million in 2001. Norway's status changed from a net debtor to a net creditor country in 1995 largely because of the oil/gas-boosted budgetary surpluses. (references)
Trade	Indonesia	A third BI circular relaxed the requirement that banks liquidate equity positions in a debtor company after 5 years or when the company achieves net profits in two consecutive years (the latter provision was changed to require divestment only once a company achieves a cumulative profit). (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	DEBT, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave- driver. As, pent in an aquarium, the troutlet Swims round and round his tank to find an outlet, Pressing his nose against the glass that holds him, Nor ever sees the prison that enfolds him; So the poor debtor, seeing naught around him, Yet feels the narrow limits that impound him, Grieves at his debt and studies to evade it, And finds at last he might as well have paid it. Barlow S. Vode
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Debtor

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Ulysses S. Grant	1869-1877	The payment of this, principal and interest, as well as the return to a specie basis as soon as it can be accomplished without material detriment to the debtor class or to the country at large, must be provided for.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Debtor

"Debtor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.42% of the time. "Debtor" is used about 858 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.42%	853	8,273
Noun (proper)	0.58%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	858	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Debtor

Expressions using "debtor": absconding debtor ♦ common debtor ♦ debtor balance ♦ debtor country ♦ joint debtor ♦ of a debtor ♦ principal debtor. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "debtor": debtor-contracts, debtor-country, debtor-creditor, debtor-creditor-supplier, debtor-in-possession.
	Ending with "debtor": co-debtor.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Debtor

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
debtor in possession	146
debtor	18
debtor law	11
debtor in possession financing	11
debtor right	11
debtor discovery	9
debtor finance	8
debtor creditor law	3
debtor paris	2
anonymous debtor	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Debtor

Language		Translations for "debtor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		debitor (mortgager, mortgagor), borxhli. (various references)

Arabic		‏مدين (behindhand, borrower, debit, liable), ‏مديون (due, owe). (various references)

Bulgarian		погасител (payer), дебитор, длъжник (obligor). (various references)

Chinese		债家, 債務人 . (various references)

Czech		dlužník. (various references)

Danish		debitor (credit receiver, party liable to duty, person credited, person liable for payment, person liable to make payment), skyldner (credit receiver, party liable to duty, person credited, person liable for payment, person liable to make payment), fordring (account receivable, asset, claim, debt, debt receivable, demand, loan claim, vindication). (various references)

Dutch		vordering (account receivable, advance, advance per round, advancement, claim, debt, debt receivable, demand, depth of pull, loan claim, outstanding debt, progress, pull, requisition), schuldenaar, kredietnemer (beneficiary, beneficiary party, borrower, credit receiver, credited party, favour of, person credited, ultimate beneficiary), gekrediteerde (credit receiver, person credited). (various references)

Farsi		مدیون (Indebted), ستون بدهکار, بدهکار (Indebted, Yielder). (various references)

Finnish		velallinen. (various references)

French		débiteur (debit, debtors, defaulters). (various references)

German		schuldner (credit receiver, debtors, defaulter, person credited). (various references)

Greek		πιστολήπτης (credit receiver, person credited), χρέος (account payable, account receivable, debt, debt payable, debt receivable, demand, due, liability, loan claim, rent, royalty, tax), χρεώστησ, χρεώστης (credit receiver, person credited), απαίτησις (account receivable, debt, debt receivable, demand, loan claim), οφειλέτησ (beholden, borrower), οφειλέτης (party liable to duty, person liable for payment, person liable to make payment), οφειλή (account receivable, charges, debt, debt receivable, demand, due, expenditure, expenditures, expenses, loan claim, rent, revenue charges, royalty, sum due, tax, total cost and expenses). (various references)

Hebrew		חיב כספים, בעל חוב (creditor). (various references)

Hungarian		adós (indebted, owe). (various references)

Indonesian		orang yang berhutang. (various references)

Italian		debitore (defaulters, party liable to duty, person liable for payment, person liable to make payment). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� 債者 , 借り方 (debit, way of borrowing), 借り手 (borrower, tenant), 借り受け人 (borrower, tenant), 借主 (borrower, tenant), 債務者 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		さいむしゃ, ふさいしゃ, かりうけに�" (borrower, tenant), かりぬし (borrower, renter, tenant), かりかた (debit, way of borrowing), かりて (borrower, mower, reaper, tenant). (various references)

Korean		채무자 (Obligor). (various references)

Manx		sthanganagh, lhiastanagh, jautter, jatter (author), feeaghanagh. (various references)

Norwegian		debitor. (various references)

Pig Latin		ebtorday.(various references)

Portuguese		devedor (indebted, obligatoriness, party liable to duty, person liable for payment, person liable to make payment). (various references)

Romanian		debitor (obligor), datornic (creditor, pay), restanţier. (various references)

Russian		должник (alsatian, judgement debtor, obligator, obligor), дебет (debit). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		dužnik (insolvent). (various references)

Spanish		deudor (owing, party liable to duty, person liable for payment, person liable to make payment). (various references)

Swedish		gäldenär (mortgage debtor, mortgagor, party liable to duty, person liable for payment, person liable to make payment). (various references)

Turkish		borçlu (beholden, in hock, in the red, indebted, obligor, owing, payer), borç hanesi. (various references)

Turkmen		bergidar. (various references)

Ukranian		боржник (alsatian, obligor, ower), прибуток (bacon, benefit, earnings, emolument, gainings, getting, income, increment, proceeds, profit), дебітор (obligor), дебет (debit). (various references)

Vietnamese		người mắc nợ (dun), con nợ. (various references)

Welsh		dyledwr. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Debtor

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	amorrei, amorreis, amorreo, amorreorum, amorreos, amorreum, amorreus, debitor, debitores, debitori, debitoribus, itureae, iturei, rea, rei, reum, reus, rhei. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Debtor

Language	Date	Source	Romans Chapter 1, Verse 14
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Ellhsin te kai barbaroiV sofoiV te kai anohtoiV ofeilethV eimi
Latin	405	Vulgate	Graecis ac barbaris sapientibus et insipientibus debitor sum
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ic eom ægðer ge þam Creciscum folce forbunden ge þam uncreciscum, ge þam wisum ge þam dwæsum.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	To Grekis and to barberyns, to wise men and to vnwise men,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	For I am detter both to the Grekes and to them which are no Grekes vnto the learned and also vnto the vnlearned.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians, both to the wise, and to the unwise.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Debtor

Language	Romans Chapter 1, Verse 14
Bulgarian	Защото в него се открива правдата, която е от Бога чрез вяра към вяра, както е писано: "Праведният чрез вяра ще живее".
Cebuano	Utangan ako sa mga Gresyanhon maingon man sa mga luog, sa mga makinaadmanon maingon man sa mga walay alamag.
Chinese	無論是希利尼人、化外人、聰明人、愚拙人、我都 � 他們的債。
Croatian	Dužnik sam Grcima i barbarima, mudracima i neznalicama.
Danish	Både til Grækere og Barbarer, både til vise og uforstandige står jeg i Gæld.
Dutch	Beiden Grieken en Barbaren, beiden wijzen en onwijzen ben ik een schuldenaar.
Finnish	Kreikkalaisille ja barbaareille, viisaille ja tyhmille minä olen velassa;
French	Je me dois aux Grecs et aux barbares, aux savants et aux ignorants.
German	Ich bin ein Schuldner der Griechen und der Ungriechen, der Weisen und der Unweisen.
Haitian Creole	Se yon devwa pou mwen pou m' anonse bon nouvèl la bay tout moun: kit yo eklere, kit yo pa eklere, kit yo konn li, kit yo pa konn li.
Hungarian	Mind a görögöknek, mind a barbároknak, mind a bölcseknek, mind a tudatlanoknak köteles vagyok.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Sebab saya mempunyai kewajiban terhadap segala bangsa: yang sudah beradab dan yang biadab, yang berpendidikan maupun yang belum berpendidikan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka aku ini terutang, baik kepada orang Gerika, baik kepada orang bangsa lain, baik kepada orang yang berpengetahuan atau kepada orang yang jahil.
Italian	Poiché sono in debito verso i Greci come verso i barbari, verso i dotti come verso gli ignoranti:
Korean	헬 라 인 이 나 야 만 이 나 지 혜 있 �" 자 나 어 리 석 은 자 에 게 다 내 가 빚 진 자 라
Latvian	Grieíiem un barbariem, mâcîtiem un nemâcîtiem es esmu parâdnieks.
Maori	He nama kei runga i ahau na nga Kariki, a na nga Tautangata, na te hunga mohio, a na te hunga whakaarokore.
Modern Greek	Χρεωστης ειμαι προς Ελληνας τε και βαρβαρους, σοφους τε και ασοφους·
Norwegian	Jeg står i gjeld både til grekere og til barbarer, både til vise og uvise;
Portuguese	Eu sou devedor, tanto a gregos como a bárbaros, tanto a sábios como a ignorantes.
Rumanian	Eu sknt dator wi Grecilor wi Barbarilor, wi celor knvqyayi wi celor neknvqyayi.
Russian	с �"ПМЦЕО Й еММЙОБН Й ЧБТЧБТБН, НХ�"ТЕ�"БН Й ОЕЧЕЦ�"БН.
Shuar	Wikia Yus akuptuku asamtai Ashí shuaran Ujákártiniaitjai. Unuimiaruncha tura unuimiarchancha, ti nékainia nunasha tura nékachuncha, métekrak ujakartiniaitjai.
Spanish	Tanto a griegos como a bárbaros, tanto a sabios como a ignorantes soy deudor.
Swahili	Ninalo jukumu kwa watu wote, waliostaarabika na wasiostaarabika, wenye elimu na wasio na elimu.
Swedish	Både mot greker och mot andra folk, både mot visa och mot ovisa har jag förpliktelser.
Thai	ข้าพเจ้าเป็นหนี้ทั้งพวกกรีกและพวกชาวป่า�"้วย เป็นหนี้ทั้งพวกนักปราชญ์และคนเขลา�"้วย
Ukrainian	А гелленам і чужоземцям, розумним і немудрим я боржник.
Uma	Doko' kupencuai' -koi apa' ria inta-ku hi hawe'ea tauna, pai' ohea-ku mpobayari inta-ku toe, mpopalele-a Kareba Lompe' hi hawe'ea tauna, uma mpelihi ba to mo'oha' hi rala ngata ba to molompu, uma mpenara' ba to mosikola ba to uma-ra mosikola.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Debtor

Derivations
	Words beginning with "debtor": debtors. (additional references)
	Words ending with "debtor": codebtor. (additional references)
	Words containing "debtor": codebtors. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Debtor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bedtor, Dastor, dator, Dbto, debator, debeo, debito, debitore, debitum, debo, debour, debtro, dentory, deto, Detory, dextor, dextro, ditor. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Debtor"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "debtor" (pronounced de"ter)
3	-e" t er	better, bettor, fetter, Fretter, getter, letter, Netter, Petter, setter, sweater, wetter.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Debtor

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-o-r-t"
	-1 letter: bored, doter, orbed, robed, trode.
	-2 letters: bode, bore, bort, bred, debt, doer, dore, dote, redo, robe, rode, rote, toed, tore, trod.
	-3 letters: bed, bet, bod, bot, bro, deb, doe, dor, dot, obe, ode, orb, ore, ort, reb, red, ret, rob, rod, roe, rot, ted, tod, toe, tor.
	-4 letters: be, bo, de, do, ed, er, et, od, oe, or, re, to.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-e-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: aborted, borated, debtors, deorbit, doubter, obtrude, orbited, outbred, redoubt, tabored.
	+2 letters: bestrode, bothered, broadest, bromated, codebtor, deorbits, doubters, obdurate, obtruded, obtruder, obtrudes, obverted, outbreed, probated, rebooted, redoubts, taboured, teaboard, throbbed, trilobed, troubled, tuberoid.
	+3 letters: abrogated, adsorbate, adsorbent, bacteroid, bestrowed, bethorned, betrothed, bolstered, broodiest, brothered, codebtors, deorbited, lobstered, obcordate, obtruders, obturated, outbarked, outbraved, outbreeds, outbribed, outburned, rebottled, robotized, sodbuster, subeditor, tamboured, teaboards, tinderbox.
	+4 letters: abductores, adsorbates, adsorbents, approbated, bacteroids, bardolater, barefooted, betrotheds, blastoderm, broadsheet, brominated, carbonated, counterbid, deorbiting, deportable, earthbound, elaborated, footbridge, freebooted, motorbiked, obdurately, objurgated, obstructed, outbragged, outbrawled, outrebound, overbetted, pasteboard, prohibited, rebuttoned, reobjected, reobtained, reprobated, roundtable, shortbread, skateboard, sodbusters, subcordate, subeditors, subrogated, untroubled, whiteboard.
	+5 letters: bardolaters, barnstormed, beardtongue, benedictory, bichromated, bladderwort, blastoderms, bloodstream, boatbuilder, bombardment, broadcasted, broadcaster, broadsheets, brotherhood, centerboard, contributed, counterbade, counterbids, debarkation, decarbonate, embryonated, erodibility, footbridges, keyboardist, labradorite, letterboxed, morbidities, motherboard, obliterated, outbreeding, outnumbered, outrebounds, outthrobbed, pasteboards, rebroadcast, redoubtable, redoubtably, roundtables, shortbreads, skateboards, starboarded, strikebound, subdirector, subordinate, teeterboard, tenebrionid, thunderbolt, tinderboxes, tuberculoid, underbought, whiteboards.
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