English > debtor: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt. |
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| Synonym | debitor |
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| Narrower | defaulter, deadbeat | someone who fails to meet a financial obligation |
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| fly-by-night | A debtor who flees to avoid paying |
| mortgagor, mortgager | The person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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| Opposite | creditor | A person to whom money is owed by a debtor |
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| Spanish | debitor, deudora, deudor |
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| Catalan | debitor, deutora, deutor |
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