Definition of "promisor" []

• Law One that makes a promise. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The only universal consequence of a legally binding promise is, that the law makes the promisor pay damages if the promised event does not come to pass."
• "At last, we can demand that the promisor put some money where his or her mouth is."
• "Consider the following two contracts: one binds its signer to a range of financial obligations but can be terminated at will, albeit at a monetary cost; the other commits its promisor to eight years of labor and carries the potential for criminal charges if violated."