Debtor and Lender

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Debtor noun - A person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt.

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Lender is an antonym for debtor in topics: purchaser, creditor.

Nearby Word: debt

Lender noun - Someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters.

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Debtor is an antonym for lender.

Nearby Words: lend, lending

What this trope is about is the debtor rationalizing that the debt will be canceled with the lender's death, and his/her trying and/or actually succeeding to kill the lender.

Source: Kill The Creditor
If said lender was a Jerk Ass, Loan Shark or worse, being killed by the debtor will turn that person into an Asshole Victim.

Source: Kill The Creditor

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