debtor

English

Alternative forms

• debtour (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (RP)
  • IPA: /ˈdɛt.ə/, X-SAMPA: /"dEt.@/
• (Australia)
  • IPA: /ˈdet.ə/, X-SAMPA: /"det.@/
• (GenAm)
  • IPA: /ˈdɛt.ɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"dEt.@`/
• Rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)

Noun

debtor (plural debtors)

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

Antonyms

• creditor

Translations

a person or firm that owes money

• Catalan: deutor (ca) m, deutora (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 債務人 (cmn), 债务人 (cmn) (zhàiwùrén)

• Czech: dlužník (cs) m
• Dalmatian: debituar m
• Dutch: debiteur (nl)
• Estonian: võlglane (et), võlgnik (et)
• Finnish: velallinen (fi), luotonottaja (fi), luotonsaaja (fi)
• French: débiteur (fr) m
• German: Schuldner (de) m
• Greek: οφειλέτης (el) (ofeilétis) m 
• Hebrew: חייב (he) (khayav) m, חייבת (he) (khayevet) f

• Icelandic: skuldari (is) m
• Italian: debitore (it) m, debitrice (it) f
• Japanese: 債務者 (ja) (saimusha), 借方 (ja) (karikata)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: قه‌رزار (ku)

• Latin: debitor (la) m
• Polish: dłużnik (pl)
• Portuguese: devedor (pt) m, devedora (pt) f
• Russian: должник (ru) (dolžník) m 
• Slovene: dolžnik (sl) m, dolžnica (sl) f
• Spanish: deudor (es) m
• Swedish: gäldenär (sv) c