debtor

[US]/'detə/
[UK]/'dɛtɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. person who owes money; the party in a financial transaction who owes money

Phrases & Collocations

creditor-debtor relationship

Example Sentences

garnishee a debtor's wages.

He crowded the debtor for payment.

The court granted me a lien on my debtor’s property.

Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors.

the debtor can procure cancellation if satisfied within one month.

until another debtor, who share the room with Mr.Micawber, came in from the bakehouse with the loin of mutton which was our joint-stock repast.

The counterplead right means that the right of, when the creditor exercises his obligatory right, the debtor according to legal reasons executing the petition right against the creditor.

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