What's the difference between borrower and debtor?

Borrower


Definition:

  • (n.) One who borrows.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But in 2017, to borrow another phrase from across the pond, there simply is no alternative.
  • (2) The small print revealed that Osborne claimed a fall in borrowing largely by factoring in the proceeds of a 4G telecomms auction that has not yet happened.
  • (3) A new bill, to be published this week with the aim of turning it into law by next month, will allow the government to use Britain's low borrowing rates to guarantee the £40bn in infrastructure projects and £10bn for underwriting housing projects.
  • (4) It is borrowed from the UN, where it normally hangs outside the security council chamber.
  • (5) "I have tried to borrow the money, but it was simply impossible."
  • (6) There is a European Investment Bank, a Nordic Investment Bank and many others, all capitalised by states or groups of states for the purpose of financing mandated projects by borrowing in the capital markets.
  • (7) Super City have Gone Holistic, to borrow the buzzword they introduced after Pellegrini had replaced Mancini.
  • (8) Government borrowing has hit a record high for a September.
  • (9) They also dismiss those who suggest that the current record-low interest rates mean countries could safely stimulate growth by raising their borrowing levels higher: Economists simply have little idea how long it will be until rates begin to rise.
  • (10) Nevertheless we know that there will remain a large number of borrowers with payday loans who are struggling to cope with their debts, and it is essential that these customers are signposted to free debt advice.
  • (11) Markets reacted calmly on Friday to the downgrade by Moody's of 16 European and US banks, with share prices steady after the reduction in credit ratings, which can push up the cost of borrowing for banks which they could pass on to customers.
  • (12) • Criminal sanctions should be introduced for anyone who attempts to manipulate Libor by amending the Financial Services and Market Act to allow the FSA to prosecute manipulation of the rate • The new body that oversees the administration of Libor, replacing the BBA, should introduce a "code of conduct" that requires submissions to be corroborated by trade data • Libor is set by a panel of banks asked the price at which they expect to borrow over 15 periods, from overnight to 12 months, in 10 currencies.
  • (13) Threadneedle Street has shaved 0.75 points off borrowing costs in but has not moved since April and with rising energy bills likely to push inflation close to 5% in the coming months is thought more likely to raise bank rate than cut it when the Bank meets this week.
  • (14) Alternatively, if your mortgage has been going for a few years – and so a reasonable amount of capital has been repaid, you may be able to borrow back up to the value of the original mortgage.
  • (15) Imagine the uproar if a Labour chancellor had planned to borrow another £150bn to invest in jobs, infrastructure, training, childcare and house-building.
  • (16) On Thursday, Dutton had scaled his language back, instead using a phrase to describe Labor’s policy borrowed from former prime minister, Tony Abbott.
  • (17) However, borrowers looking for new fixed rate deals or homeowners with mortgages linked to money market rates will not necessarily find their mortgage rate decreasing".
  • (18) The eurozone's 17 finance ministers began crisis talks in Brussels on Monday night "to stop the rot" with Italian bond yields – the country's cost of borrowing – hitting a new peak of 6.69%, threatening to crash the euro system, and political leaders from virtually all countries outside Germany lining up to demand full-scale ECB intervention.
  • (19) Techniques borrowed for the correction of congenital craniofacial deformities and acute traumatic reconstruction have improved the quality of secondary post-traumatic orbital reconstruction.
  • (20) A new website aims to help people reconnect with their neighbours through a lending and borrowing scheme.

Debtor


Definition:

  • (n.) One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This sends the dangerous message that the citizens of the debtor countries need to suffer badly to signal their contrition.
  • (2) Instead, they enact bankruptcy laws to provide the ground rules for creditor-debtor bargaining, thereby promoting efficiency and fairness.
  • (3) The Irish, who have ruined themselves to bail out their banks, would not take kindly to a country in an analogous situation being given a card to get out of debtors' jail for free.
  • (4) The magic of inflation, for debtors, is that it devalues the debt and makes it easier to service.
  • (5) Talk of debtors and creditors simply “working together” ignores existing UN agreements, dating back to 2002, that clearly recognise the joint responsibility of both the lender and borrower.
  • (6) From his perspective, I must have remained my grandparents’ debtor in perpetuity.
  • (7) Creditor nations were free to hoard as they liked, placing the burden of action on debtor nations who had very little choice but to act in ways that tended to depress their domestic economies.
  • (8) This misallocation of responsibilities is dangerous for Britain's private debtors, so please give the determination of the full spectrum of rates your full attention.
  • (9) Surplus countries bought assets in debtor countries; the money churning through New York and London kept the dollar and the pound strong, made imports cheaper and allowed policymakers to keep interest rates low.
  • (10) Looks like Soros is still speaking now - here are a couple more newsflashes: • FUND MANAGER GEORGE SOROS SAYS MINIMAL ACTION BY GERMANY WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO HELP DEBTOR EURO-ZONE NATIONS RECOVER • SOROS SAYS FUNDAMENTAL FLAWED ASSUMPTION IN EUROPE CRISIS IS THAT GOVERNMENTS ARE 'RISKLESS' He has also warned that there is a real danger that the euro crisis will destroy the European Union....
  • (11) Instead of brokering such an agreement, which might involve creditor countries such as Germany and China agreeing to boost their demand, instead of relying solely on cutbacks in debtor countries to narrow the divide, the IMF has repeatedly been dragged into rubber-stamping botched bailouts and harsh austerity policies when tackling the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.
  • (12) He suggested the Bank of England ought to return interest rates to "normal levels, say 3% to 5%", so that society treated "the saver as fairly as it treats the debtor".
  • (13) To be eligible for a DRO, debtors must have debts of less than £15,000 and be on a low income.
  • (14) The Westlife singer has followed dozens of other Irish debtors who have sought to use Britain's more liberal bankruptcy laws to wipe out their debts.
  • (15) There is no reason why a constitutional solution that involves debt limitation should not command a large measure of public acceptance, especially in debtor countries, which have experienced the political and economic damage caused by previous profligate governments.
  • (16) Contagion to the government bonds of the next weakest eurozone debtor nation would probably not be immediate, but any new crisis in a weak economy could potentially trigger aggressive speculation.
  • (17) His solution was an ingenious system for persuading the creditor nations to spend their surplus money back into the economies of the debtor nations.
  • (18) Financial sector: amendments on insolvency laws will aim to get debtors to pay up loans, while consultants will help on how to deal with bad loans.
  • (19) And the head of the FBI implied police violence would go down if we could all admit, Avenue Q style , that “everyone’s a little bit racist.” In Ferguson, citizens must sue to stop being subjected to illegal debtors prisons .
  • (20) To borrow a cliche, creditors, debtors and politicians will all need to compromise more if they want to move this saga on to a more sustainable path.

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