Section 807 of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1692e, provides, in part, as follows: "A debt collector may not use any false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any debt. Without limiting the general application of the foregoing, the following conduct is a violation of this section:
"(4) The representation or implication that nonpayment of any debt will result in the arrest or imprisonment of any person . . . ."
1. : a maker or seller of tallow or wax candles and usually soap. 2. : a retail dealer in provisions and supplies or equipment of a specified kind. a yacht chandler.
/???ps t?ændl?r/ (also chandler) ?a person or shop that sells equipment for ships and boats.
A person who sells supplies for boats or ships: The ship's chandler always needs extra help when a boat comes in. He became a yacht chandler in Shaldon, at the mouth of the River Teign.
Origin of chandler1. 1275?1325; Middle English chandeler candlestick, maker or seller of candles < Anglo-French, Old French chandelier, literally, someone or something connected with candles, equivalent to chandelle candle + -ier -ier 2.
Chandler (occupation), originally head of the medieval household office responsible for candles, now a person who makes or sells candles. Ship chandler, a dealer in supplies or equipment for ships.
Chandler (noun as in dealer) Strongest matches. banker merchant retailer trader trafficker vendor wholesaler.
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Chandler in Occupations topic From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishchand?ler /?t???ndl? $ ?t?ændl?r/ noun [countable] someone who made or sold candles in the past ? ship's chandlerExamples from the Corpuschandler? In 1788 the Tandragee Circuit was formed in the house of James Lemon, a chandler.
