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debtor (det′ər)

noun

a person, company, nation, etc. that owes something to another or others

Etymology: altered (after L) < ME dettur < OFr detor < L debitor < debitus, pp. of debere: see debt

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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