Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One to whom money or its equivalent is owed.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who believes; a believer.
- n. One to whom any return is due or payable; specifically, one who gives credit in business transactions; hence, one to whom a sum of money is due for any cause: correlative to debtor. Abbreviated Cr.
- n. A similar action or bill to set aside a fraudulent transfer of assets which may be sold on execution: commonly called a bill in the nature of a creditor's bill, or a bill in aid of an execution.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who credits, believes, or trusts.
- n. One who gives credit in business matters; hence, one to whom money is due; -- correlative to
debtor .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
Etymologies
- From Latin crēditor, from crēditum ("loan"), from crēditus, perfect passive participle of crēdō ("lend") (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Some people will tell you that some public lands have already been conveyed to certain creditor nations or if not conveyed have been allowed to take control of such lands.”
New Deficit Estimates for United States Increases By $2 Trillion
“KDB is also the main creditor of Kumho Asiana, which suffered a cash shortage after a heavily leveraged acquisition of Daewoo Engineering in late 2006.”
The Wall Street Journal: Korea Development Bank to Acquire Daewoo Stake
“In Portugal, austerity measures aimed at bringing down the country 's towering budget deficit are crucial to regain creditor confidence, Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos said, while also acknowledging that they will slow down economic growth next year.”
“It included the unprecedented step of a board voting to sell a club against the wishes of its shareholders (a move made possible, according to the High Cou rt, by an agreement reached between the club and its main creditor, the Royal Bank of Scotland, last April which gave the club chairman wide-ranging powers).”
“LISBON — Austerity measures aimed at bringing down Portugal 's towering budget deficit are crucial to regain creditor confidence, Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos said Saturday, while also acknowledging that they will slow down economic growth next year.”
The Wall Street Journal: Portugal Says Austerity Will Slow 2011 GDP Growth
“No creditor is gonna want want a piece of your sweet assets these days unless you've got a nice fat down payment and a plunging debt-to-income ratio that reveals a nice plump credit score.”
“What isn't reflected on the balance sheet, Jim, and what doesn't apply to the case of an individual who owes a creditor is that the US gov't enjoys taxing authority.”
Social Security Privatization, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“If that happens, even a secured creditor is likely not to get a full recovery, and will in any event likely to have to wait and endure the inefficiencies of bankruptcy.”
“Suppliers become reluctant to ship materials to any enterprise struggling under a heavy debt load; many demand cash on delivery because they fear becoming a long-term creditor of a company whose debt is selling at a deep discount.”
“I called the creditor, but they deny knowledge of having done such a thing.”
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ECON - banking and stock trading
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MEC4 Lesson 150
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