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obligor

/ˌɒblɪˈɡɔː/

C2CEFR level
88/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

The party bound by an obligation to another.

The obligor defaulted on the first instalment falling due under the loan.

Topic: Legal drafting in Legal English

Business noun

The party that owes payment under a bond or loan.

When the obligor missed its coupon, the trustee declared an event of default.

Similar: debtor

Topic: Finance in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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