DEBTOR in a Sentence

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For DEBTOR, below is one of 9 sentences:
But the attempt had hitherto been vain, and as Rosedale undoubtedly paid for the dinners, the laugh remained with his debtor.

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 Meanings and Examples of DEBTOR
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debtor
 n.  a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
Classic Sentence:
1  But the attempt had hitherto been vain, and as Rosedale undoubtedly paid for the dinners, the laugh remained with his debtor.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
2  She pulled a back page out of the ledger and began copying the list of debtors who had made no payments in several months.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
3  The first of Will's family to set foot on Georgia soil might even have been one of Oglethorpe's debtors or a bond servant.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
4  He was about to deliver the Colonel's shade from this unworthy creditor at last, and it seemed to him that he was on the point of rescuing his father's memory from the debtors' prison.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITEN...
Example Sentence:
1  It would be a very remarkable circumstance if the balance due from any debtor bank should be exactly the same as the balance due to some creditor bank.
2  Remember that income of the debtor may be pledged as security to another creditor.
3  Creditors have better memories than debtors.
4  Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors.
5  Although young Lord Widgeon was insolvent, he had no fear of being thrown into debtors' prison, for he was sure that if his creditors pressed him for payment his wealthy parents would repay what he owed.