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Creditor(law)
creditor(dictionary)
creditor(dictionary)
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Creditor strain(finance)
Unsecured creditor(finance)
Creditor's Committee(finance)
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Unsecured Creditor(money)

creditor (iou)



creditor noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman creditour, Old & mod. French crediteur from Latin creditor, from credit- pa. ppl stem of credere: see CREDIT noun, -OR.]
I. 1. A person who gives credit for money or goods; a person to whom a debt is owing. LME.
2. The credit side of an account. Formerly also, a sum entered in this. M16.
II. 3. A person who stands surety. LME-E16.
creditress noun (now rare) a female creditor E17.
creditrix = creditress E17.