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creditor

[ kred-i-ter ]

noun

  1. a person or firm to whom money is due ( debtor ).
  2. a person or firm that gives credit in business transactions.


creditor

/ ˈkrɛdɪtə /

noun

  1. a person or commercial enterprise to whom money is owed Compare debtor


creditor

  1. One to whom a debt is owed.


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Other Words From

  • credi·tor·ship noun
  • non·credi·tor noun
  • pre·credi·tor noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of creditor1

1400–50; late Middle English creditour < Latin crēditor, equivalent to crēdi- variant stem of crēdere to believe, entrust ( credit ) + -tor -tor

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Example Sentences

He had already been involved with The Source, having been a creditor of the company.

Both you and the creditor would have been better off with moderate inflation than an outright breach.

But if your family doctor serves Medicare, he or she too is a federal contractor - and potential creditor.

In Europe the principal divide that has opened is among countries, with debtor nations pitted against creditor nations.

The response of China, the United States' largest creditor, has been the harshest yet.

Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.

Only a creditor who owns a demand or provable claim can vote at creditors' meetings.

Unless some creditor objects and specifies his ground of objection, the petition will be granted.

It is immaterial to whom the transfer is made if the purpose be to prefer one creditor to another.

If a portion of a creditor's debt is secured and a portion is unsecured, he may vote on the unsecured portion.

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