Debtee
//dɛˈtiː// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who is owed a debt; a creditor.
"If a person indebted to another makes his creditor or debtee his executor , or if such a creditor obtains letters of administration to his debtor ; in these cases the law gives him a remedy for his debt by allowing him to retain so much as will pay himself"
Example
More examples"If a person indebted to another makes his creditor or debtee his executor , or if such a creditor obtains letters of administration to his debtor ; in these cases the law gives him a remedy for his debt by allowing him to retain so much as will pay himself"
Etymology
From debt + -ee.
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