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Six example sentences with debtor, each labelled with its topic.
In the trading game each debtor must clear what they owe by the fourth round or forfeit a settlement.
Gaming
The lender offered every debtor a longer schedule with smaller monthly payments rather than sending the files to collection.
Finance
When prices rise faster than wages, a debtor with a fixed loan quietly benefits while the lender loses value.
Economics
The court gives a debtor thirty days to answer the claim before the creditor can ask for an order to seize wages.
Law
The shop kept a ledger of every debtor, and the owner's son spent Saturdays reminding customers about unpaid tabs.
Business
Dickens knew the life of a debtor firsthand, since his own father could not pay his bills when the boy was twelve.
Literature
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