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語源

From 中期英語 dettour, from Old French detour, from Latin debitor, equivalent to debt +‎ -or. Doublet of debitor. Displaced native 古期英語 *sċola.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdɛt.ə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈdɛt.ɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈdet.ə/
• 韻: -ɛtə, -ɛtə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: debt‧or

名詞

debtor (plural debtors)

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

   Antonym: creditor

   The debtor agreed to repay the loan within six months.

   The law protects both the debtor and the creditor.

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.

   As a debtor, he faced constant letters from the bank.

   • 1759, Robert Robinson, “Hymn I”, in A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Church of Christ: Meeting in Angel-Alley, Whitechappel, Margaret-Street, near Oxford-Market, and other churches in fellowship with them‎, London:

     O! to Grace how great a Debtor,
     Daily I'm conſtrain'd to be;

派生語

アナグラム

• Dörbet, betrod, bed rot