khách nợ

Một người khách nợ đang đứng trước cửa nhà.

Definition

Noun: * Debt collector (archaic/obsolete): A person hired by a creditor to demand and collect payment of a debt. This term is now considered old-fashioned and is rarely used in modern Vietnamese.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chủ nợ đã sai một khách nợ đến nhà tôi. (The creditor sent a debt collector to my house.)
  • Trong các câu chuyện xưa, hình ảnh khách nợ thường rất đáng sợ. (In old stories, the image of a debt collector was often very intimidating.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "khách nợ" belongs to a historical or literary context. In contemporary language, more common and neutral terms like "người thu nợ" or "nhân viên thu hồi nợ" are used. Using "khách nợ" today would sound archaic or deliberately stylistic.

Variants and Related Words

• Người thu nợ / Nhân viên thu hồi nợ (n): Debt collector (modern, standard term).
• Chủ nợ (n): Creditor, lender.
• Con nợ (n): Debtor.
• Đòi nợ (v): To demand repayment of a debt.

Synonyms

• Người đòi nợ: Debt collector (literal: person who demands debt).
• Tay sai của chủ nợ (pejorative): The creditor's henchman.

Notes on Meaning

• The core meaning is a person acting as an agent to collect a debt on behalf of someone else (the creditor). The reference dictionaries confirm this as an emissary or hired agent (émissaire, người đến đòi nợ thuê).
• It carries a connotation of being an outsider ("khách") who comes to demand something, often implying an unwelcome or forceful visit related to debt ("nợ").