creditor

[kred-i-ter] /ˈkrɛd ɪ tər/
noun
1.
a person or firm to whom money is due (opposed to debtor).
2.
a person or firm that gives credit in business transactions.
3.
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
creditorship, noun
noncreditor, noun
precreditor, noun
Examples from the web for creditors
  • Bankruptcy would have made the contracts null and void, at best in line with all the unsecured creditors.
  • In doing this, though, inflation helps debtors and spenders at the expense of creditors and savers.
  • And creditors to both businesses and consumers should ensure that an economic shock won't result in defaults as well.
  • There's currency risk, too, especially since many of our creditors are foreigners.
  • Are there any creditors that will not work with credit counseling service.
  • With many, it means that they lied to their wives or their creditors.
  • Most likely these creditors will not call in their loans-if they ever did, there would be a global financial crisis.
  • creditors further down the ladder should be patient and wait their turn.
  • Others get pink slips when the company, now laden with debt, can't meet its payments to creditors and eventually goes bankrupt.
  • Even though time and time again, thousands of jobs were lost, investors and creditors were out hundreds of millions.
British Dictionary definitions for creditors

creditor

/ˈkrɛdɪtə/
noun
1.
a person or commercial enterprise to whom money is owed Compare debtor
Word Origin and History for creditors

creditor

n.

mid-15c., from Anglo-French creditour, Old French creditour (early 14c.), from Latin creditor "truster, lender," from creditus, past participle of credere (see credo).

creditors in Culture

creditor definition


One to whom a debt is owed.