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DEBITOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does debitor mean?
• DEBITOR (noun)
The noun DEBITOR has 1 sense:
1. a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
Familiarity information: DEBITOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
debitor; debtor
Hypernyms ("debitor" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "debitor"):
deadbeat; defaulter (someone who fails to meet a financial obligation)
fly-by-night (a debtor who flees to avoid paying)
mortgager; mortgagor (the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid)
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