obligor

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈɑblɪɡɔr/ UK /ˈɒblɪɡɔː/ See IPA manual

noun

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noun
a person who is legally bound to fulfill an obligation to another

As the obligor on the loan, she was responsible for the monthly repayments.

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1 noun · a person who is legally... debtorpromisor

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obligee

Word family

Related forms oblige obligee obligation obligate

Etymology

From oblige (from Old French obligier, from Latin obligare, 'to bind to') plus the agentive suffix -or denoting the party bound by an obligation.

obligare Latin ligare Latin

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# obligor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈɑblɪɡɔr
**IPA (UK):** ˈɒblɪɡɔː

## Meanings
1. a person who is legally bound to fulfill an obligation to another

## Examples
- As the obligor on the loan, she was responsible for the monthly repayments.

## Synonyms
- debtor
- promisor

## Antonyms
- obligee

## Related Forms
- oblige
- obligee
- obligation
- obligate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: obligare
- Root: ligare

## Etymology
From oblige (from Old French obligier, from Latin obligare, 'to bind to') plus the agentive suffix -or denoting the party bound by an obligation.

## AI Etymology
Obligor is from oblige (from Old French obligier, from Latin obligare, 'to bind to') plus the agentive suffix -or denoting the party bound by an obligation. Important recorded forms include obligare (Latin) and ligare (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers a person who is legally bound to fulfill an obligation to another. The wider family includes related words such as oblige, obligee, obligation, and obligate.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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