debtor

債務者

他の人に返すべきお金がある人や企業。

やさしい英語で： A person or business that owes money to someone else.

• The debtor owes us money.
• Several debtors have missed their monthly payments.
• The bank offered the debtor more time to repay the loan.

反対語： creditor

よく使う表現： debtor and creditor, a debtor company, insolvent debtor

債務者、恩義のある人

義務や恩義から、他人に何かを与えたり支払ったり行ったりすべき人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who must give, pay, or do something for another person because of an obligation.

• I am your debtor for this kindness.
• The agreement required the debtor to provide three days of service.
• She considered herself a debtor to those who had protected her family.

使い方： a debtor to someone (He remained a debtor to everyone who had helped him.)

類義語： obligor

よく使う表現： debtor to someone, a debtor’s obligation