"creditor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: creditors [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English creditour, from Anglo-Norman creditour, from Latin crēditor, from crēditum (“loan”), from crēditus, perfect passive participle of crēdō (“lend”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱerd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|creditour}} Middle English creditour, {{der|en|xno|creditour}} Anglo-Norman creditour, {{der|en|la|crēditor}} Latin crēditor Head templates: {{en-noun}} creditor (plural creditors)
  1. (finance) A person to whom a debt is owed. Categories (topical): Finance Translations (a person to whom a debt is owed): χρήστης (khrḗstēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), պարտատեր (partater) (Armenian), վարկատու (varkatu) (Armenian), acreedor [masculine] (Asturian), acreedora [feminine] (Asturian), крэдыто́р (kredytór) [masculine] (Belarusian), кредито́р (kreditór) [masculine] (Bulgarian), creditor [masculine] (Catalan), anglès [masculine, slang] (Catalan), 債權人 (Chinese Mandarin), 债权人 (zhàiquánrén) (Chinese Mandarin), 貸方 (Chinese Mandarin), 贷方 (dàifāng) (Chinese Mandarin), věřitel [masculine] (Czech), kreditor [common-gender] (Danish), schuldeiser [masculine] (Dutch), crediteur [common-gender] (Dutch), kreditoro (Esperanto), võlausaldaja (Estonian), velkoja (Finnish), luotonantaja (Finnish), lainanantaja (Finnish), créancier [masculine] (French), créancière [feminine] (French), Gläubiger [masculine] (German), Kreditor [masculine] (German), 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰 (dulgahaitja) [masculine] (Gothic), πιστωτής (pistotís) [masculine] (Greek), δανειστής (daneistís) [masculine] (Greek), נושה (noshe) [masculine] (Hebrew), hitelező (Hungarian), cobhthach [masculine] (Irish), creditore [masculine] (Italian), creditrice [feminine] (Italian), 債権者 (saikensha) (alt: さいけんしゃ) (Japanese), 貸方 (kashikata) (alt: かしかた) (Japanese), кредитші (kreditşı) (Kazakh), 채권자 (chaegwonja) (Korean), crēditor [masculine] (Latin), crēditrix [feminine] (Latin), kreditors [masculine] (Latvian), kreditore [feminine] (Latvian), kaitukunama (Maori), kaitukumoni (Maori), creditour (Middle English), creaunsour (Middle English), créditeu [masculine] (Norman), deyndêr [feminine, masculine] (Northern Kurdish), wierzyciel [masculine] (Polish), credor [masculine] (Portuguese), кредито́р (kreditór) [masculine] (Russian), заимода́вец (zaimodávec) [masculine] (Russian), заимода́тель (zaimodátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), зајмодавац (zajmodavac) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), veriteľ [masculine] (Slovak), acreedor [masculine] (Spanish), acreedora [feminine] (Spanish), mdai (Swahili), mkopeshaji [class-1, class-2] (Swahili), borgenär (Swedish), fordringsägare [common-gender] (Swedish), kreditor [common-gender] (Swedish), เจ้าหนี้ (jâao-nîi) (Thai), кредито́р (kredytór) [masculine] (Ukrainian), кредито́рка (kredytórka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. One who gives credence to something; a believer.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: creditour [obsolete] Hyponyms: debtholder, noteholder, bondholder Derived forms: catholic creditor, creditorship, creditress, frauditor, general creditor, noncreditor, preferred creditor, secured creditor, unsecured creditor

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Alternative forms

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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "word": "債權人"
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "word": "kreditoro"
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "word": "võlausaldaja"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "word": "velkoja"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "word": "luotonantaja"
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "word": "lainanantaja"
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "word": "créancier"
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "word": "Gläubiger"
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pistotís",
          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "roman": "daneistís",
          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "code": "he",
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "word": "נושה"
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "word": "hitelező"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "word": "cobhthach"
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "word": "creditore"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "creditrice"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "alt": "さいけんしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "saikensha",
          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "word": "債権者"
        },
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          "alt": "かしかた",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kashikata",
          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "word": "貸方"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "kreditşı",
          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "word": "кредитші"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chaegwonja",
          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "word": "채권자"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "word": "deyndêr"
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "word": "crēditor"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "word": "crēditrix"
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "word": "kreditors"
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "word": "kreditore"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "word": "kaitukunama"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "word": "kaitukumoni"
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "word": "creaunsour"
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          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "wierzyciel"
        },
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
          "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deyndêr"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crēditor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crēditrix"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kreditors"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kreditore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "word": "kaitukunama"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "word": "kaitukumoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "word": "creditour"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "word": "creaunsour"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "créditeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wierzyciel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "credor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kreditór",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кредито́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaimodávec",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "заимода́вец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaimodátelʹ",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "заимода́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "zajmodavac",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зајмодавац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "veriteľ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acreedor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acreedora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "word": "mdai"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2"
      ],
      "word": "mkopeshaji"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "word": "borgenär"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fordringsägare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kreditor"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jâao-nîi",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "word": "เจ้าหนี้"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kredytór",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кредито́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kredytórka",
      "sense": "a person to whom a debt is owed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кредито́рка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "creditor"
}

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