Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A debtor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A debtor.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a debtor

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word debitor.

Examples

  • You actually become a debitor (ph) to the bankruptcy court.

    CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2008 2008

  • Well, yes, but the debitor requires at least some ACH capability, which is not a given to just anybody.

    Progress Steals from Ex-Subscriber at cvillenews.com 2004

  • Impressed by Scotus 'dictum, ˜Deus nullius est debitor

    Medieval Theories of Practical Reason Celano, Anthony 2006

  • Grant points out to me the technical terms of finance used in the passage: _debitor ... accedet

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • The genitive similarly used for the cause of indebtedness at i 2 _'debitor_ est _uitae_ qui tibi, Sexte, suae 'and

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • Accipe, Pompei, deductum carmen ab illo debitor est uitae qui tibi, Sexte, suae. qui seu non prohibes a me tua nomina poni, accedet meritis haec quoque summa tuis; siue trahis uultus, equidem peccasse fatebor, 5 delicti tamen est causa probanda mei. non potuit mea mens quin esset grata teneri; sit precor officio non grauis ira pio.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • Littera sera quidem, studiis exculte Suilli, huc tua peruenit, sed mihi grata tamen, qua, pia si possit superos lenire rogando gratia, laturum te mihi dicis opem. ut iam nil praestes, animi sum factus amici 5 debitor: et meritum uelle iuuare uoco. impetus iste tuus longum modo duret in aeuum, neue malis pietas sit tua lassa meis. ius aliquod faciunt adfinia uincula nobis

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • = See on i 2 _debitor ... uitae_, and compare _Tr_ V ix 11-14 'Caesaris est primum munus, quod ducimus auras;/gratia post magnos est tibi habenda deos./ille dedit uitam; tu quam dedit ille tueris,/et facis accepto munere posse frui': the similarity of phrasing makes it all but certain that the poem was addressed to

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • _Tr_ I v 10 'perpetuusque _animae debitor huius_ ero'.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • O! the charity of a penny cord; it sums up thousands in a trice: you have no true debitor and creditor but it; of what’s past, is, and to come, the discharge.

    Act V. Scene IV. Cymbeline 1914

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.