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# promisor

noun (a promisor, promisors) — (law)

«promisor» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(law) The person who makes a promise in a contract or agreement. The person who receives the promise is the promisee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promisor/#m1)

### In the lessons

A legal word for contracts, rarely heard in everyday life. In lessons about adult life and law, a contract is a set of promises: the promisor promises to do something (pay money, deliver goods) for the promisee.

### Examples

- In the contract, the promisor agrees to pay £100. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promisor/#x1)
- The promisee can go to court if the promisor breaks the promise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promisor/#x2)
- The bank was the promisor in the agreement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promisor/#x3)
- Lawyers call the person who promises the promisor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promisor/#x4)
- If the promisor delivers the bike, the promisee must pay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promisor/#x5)
- A promisor must keep the terms of the contract. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promisor/#x6)

### Note

Countable; legal and formal. Spelled -or in law, though «promiser» is used in ordinary English. Pair: promisor (gives the promise) and promisee (gets it), like employer/employee.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «promisor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promisor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«promisor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/promisor.html) on Mova free.