Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One to whom money or its equivalent is owed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who believes; a believer.
- noun 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.
- noun 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who credits, believes, or trusts.
- noun One who gives credit in business matters; hence, one to whom money is due; -- correlative to
debtor .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun finance A person to whom a
debt isowed . - noun One who gives
credence to something; abeliever .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
Etymologies
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Examples
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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).
What Now for Liverpool? Gabriele Marcotti 2010
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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.
Portugal Says Austerity Will Slow 2011 GDP Growth Jeffrey T. Lewis 2010
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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.
Korea Development Bank to Acquire Daewoo Stake Kyong-Ae Choi 2010
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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 2009
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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.
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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.
World Watch 2010
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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 2009
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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.
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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.
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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.
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