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Definition of debtor noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

debtor

noun
 
/ˈdetə(r)/
 
/ˈdetər/
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  1. a person, a country or an organization that owes money opposite creditor
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDebtor is used before these nouns:
    • nation
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French det(t)or, from Latin debitor, from debere ‘owe’. The spelling change in French and English was in imitation of the Latin.
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