débiter, v.a., to sell; to retail; to give out, to spread, to report, to utter; to debit; to cut up (wood, stone). — en gros, en détail; to sell, wholesale, by retail. — son rôle; to recite one’s part. — des nouvelles; to spread news.
débit-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., debtor; seller, retailer; (jur.) obligor. Être — de; to be in debt to.
débiteur, adj.m., debtor. Compte —; debtor’s account.
débiteu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., prattler, newsmonger. C’est une grande —se de mensonges; she is a regular fib-teller.
débitter, v.a., (nav.) to unbitt (a cable).
déblai, n.m., cutting, clearing; excavating, excavation; rubbish; riddance. Être en —; to have been excavated.
déblaiement, déblayement, n.m., clearing, clearing away; clearance; freeing; cutting, digging.
déblatérer, v.n., to speak against; to rail at.
déblayer, v.a., to clear away; to clear.
déblocage, n.m., (print.) turning letters.