creditors

[kred-i-ter]

noun

a person or firm to whom money is due (opposed to debtor).

a person or firm that gives credit in business transactions.

Bookkeeping. credit (def. 12b, c).

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

Related forms

cred·i·tor·ship, noun

non·cred·i·tor, noun

pre·cred·i·tor, noun

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