(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.
Shareholder
Definition:
(n.) One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property.
Example Sentences:
(1) Meanwhile, reductions in tax allowances on dividends for company shareholders from £5,000 down to £2,000 represent another dent to the incomes of many business owners.
(2) "We do not think the Astra management have done a good job on behalf of shareholders.
(3) In order for the club to grow and sustain its ability to be a competitive force in the Premier League, the board has made a number of decisions which will strengthen the club, support the executive team, manager and his staff and enhance shareholder return.
(4) She added: “We will continue to act upon the overwhelming majority view of our shareholders.” The vote was the second year running Ryanair had suffered a rebellion on pay.
(5) "If you look at the price HP paid, it was an excellent deal for the Autonomy shareholders.
(6) "The company and its shareholders have been handsomely rewarded for that."
(7) Of course it is important to ensure shareholders enjoy the benefits of investing in the company, they are the owners.
(8) Sir James Crosby, the ITV senior independent non-executive director, explained why the board had opted to retain Grade's services for an extra year: "It was the unanimous view of ITV's independent non-executive directors that it would be in the best interests of the company and its shareholders to ask Michael to extend his time as executive chairman.
(9) We remain committed to delivering total shareholder value and look to the future with confidence."
(10) There must also be strict rules in place to reduce the risks they take with shareholders' funds.Yet the huge cost of increasing capital and liquidity is forgotten when the Treasury urges them to increase lending to small and medium businesses.
(11) Tomorrow the courts are expected to sign off a $97.5m payment by the company to its shareholders, after investors took a class action lawsuit against the company.
(12) But Mr Bolloré, with a 29% stake in Aegis, vowed to keep calling shareholder meetings until he gets his way.
(13) At yesterday's EGM in London some 93% of votes cast by non-Bolloré Group shareholders opposed his plan.
(14) According to shareholder Marvin Pearlstein, in a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Manhattan on Friday, the Canadian-based BlackBerry, formerly Research In Motion Ltd, misled investors last year by saying the company was "progressing on its financial and operational commitments," and that previews of its BlackBerry 10 platform had been well received by developers.
(15) And he failed to engage with these sensible proposals to limit bonuses to a maximum of a year's salary or double that if explicitly backed by shareholders - proposals which even his own MEPs have backed – until the very last minute.
(16) The company was “owned” by four bearer shareholders, which gave it an extra degree of secrecy.
(17) David Jeary, a retail analyst at Canaccord Genuity, said the terms of Sainsbury’s offer looked attractive for Home Retail shareholders given the business’s recent performance.
(18) Before bids being lodged, sources had indicated that Sky was not prepared to make a knockout bid to snatch back the rights from BT, which has justified the expense to customers and shareholders as “financially disciplined”.
(19) Shareholders stood up to criticise the Ardea acquisition at a time when the company is cutting thousands of its own research staff.
(20) Jay-Z has won control of a Swedish music streaming company after more than 90% of shareholders accepted the star’s $54m (£36m) offer.