1400-50;late Middle Englishcreditour < Latincrēditor, 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).