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Definition of creditor noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

creditor

noun

/ˈkredɪtə(r)/

/ˈkredɪtər/

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a person, company, etc. that somebody owes money to
- The property will be sold to pay off their creditors.
compare debtor
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- foreign
- private
- large
- …
verb + creditor
- pay
- pay off
- repay
- …
creditor + noun
- country
- nation
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French crediteur, from Latin creditor, from credit- from credere ‘believe, trust’.

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