English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

English

Pronunciation
a|RP
*IPA|/ˈdɛt.ə/, SAMPA|/"dEt.@/
a|AusE?
*IPA|/ˈdet.ə/, SAMPA|/"det.@/
a|GenAm?
*IPA|/ˈdɛt.ɚ/, SAMPA|/"dEt.@`/
rhymes|ɛtə(r)

Noun
en-noun

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

#legal: 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.

Antonyms
creditor

Translations
trans-top|a person or firm that owes money
Czech: dlužník m
Dutch: debiteur
Finnish: velallinen, luotonottaja, luotonsaaja
French: débiteur m
Hebrew: חייב (khayav) m, חייבת (khayevet) f
trans-mid
Italian: debitore m, debitrice f
Japanese: 債務者 (saimusha), 借方 (karikata)
Kurdish: KUchar|قه‌رزار
Portuguese: devedor m, devedora f
Russian: должник (dolžník) m
Slovene: dolžnik m, dolžnica f
trans-bottom

de:debtor
fa:debtor
fr:debtor
io:debtor
id:debtor
it:debtor
lt:debtor
te:debtor
vi:debtor
zh:debtor

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