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debtor

[det-er] / ˈdɛt ər /


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An "unsatisfied" record can include cases where a debtor is paying off what they owe in instalments.

From BBC May 22, 2026

The state does not notify a person when a lien names them as the debtor, allowing fake filings to remain in California’s public database for years before a victim discovers them.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 6, 2026

Luminar Semi isn’t a debtor in Luminar’s chapter 11 cases and its operations are expected to be unaffected by the chapter 11 filing, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, 2025

Those failed attempts have made Argentina the International Monetary Fund’s largest debtor, with more than $41 billion currently owed to the IMF.

From Barron's Oct. 17, 2025

As a former foreign minister now serving as secretary of state, Jefferson required no instruction on the international implications of Americas debtor status.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

This coheres with Keynes’s conception of much contemporary economic life as a struggle between creditors and debtors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Some of these debtors don’t know who to contact to make payments, or may believe that the loan servicer trying to contact them demanding payment, which they have never heard of, is a scam.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

The McConnell bill also would set new limits on where litigants in patent cases and debtors seeking bankruptcy can file their cases.

From New York Times Apr. 10, 2024

But whistleblowers within the enforcement industry, including working bailiffs, revealed some colleagues do break the rules, to ensure they collect and get paid, even if debtors are vulnerable.

From BBC Jan. 22, 2024

Siddhartha became impatient at losses, he lost his patience with slow-paying debtors, he was no longer kindhearted to beggars, he no longer had the desire to give gifts and loans to the poor.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse




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