debtor
noun /ˈdetə(r)/
/ˈdetər/
- a person, a country or an organization that owes money opposite creditorOxford Collocations DictionaryDebtor is used before these nouns:
- nation
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French det(t)or, from Latin debitor, from debere ‘owe’. The spelling change in French and English was in imitation of the Latin.