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cr

cr is the abbreviation of creditor.

Meaning of creditor

Noun

creditor (plural creditors)

  1. A person to whom a debt is owed.
    • The creditor demanded immediate payment.
    Antonyms:
    debtor
  2. One who gives credence to something; a believer.

Symbol

cr

  1. crore

Proper noun capitalized: CR

CR

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Costa Rica.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Czech Republic.
  3. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Caledonian Railway.
  4. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Charles Rex (“King Charles”).
  5. (abbreviation, historical, initialism) Initialism of Cultural Revolution.

Noun (1) capitalized: CR

CR (countable and uncountable, plural CRs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of county road.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of country route.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism, nutrition) Initialism of caloric restriction.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of carriage return.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of clarification request.
    • Whereas, in a community endowed with a language that lacks CRification, as I refer to the interaction brought about by a CR, the emergent divergence among language users is so high that the language eventually dies out.2011, Claudia Maienborn, Klaus von Heusinger, Paul Portner, Semantics, volume 1, page 861
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of complete response.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of complete remission.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of computed radiography.
  9. (Philippines, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of comfort room (“bathroom; restroom; washroom; water closet”).
  10. (India, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of class representative.
  11. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of conditioned reflex.
  12. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of conditioned response.
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  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of consciousness-raising.
    • Roe v. Wade was preceded by all those moments that make a movement: tentative and explosive sharings in kitchens and CR groups; times of great courage and stillness, […]1983 February 5, Rhonda Copelon, quotee, “Roe v. Wade: The Challenge of the Next Decade”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 28, page 5
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of championship record or competition record.
  3. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of continuing resolution.
    • Most continuing resolutions are temporary measures that expire on the date specified in the CR, or are superseded by enactment of the regular appropriations act.2004, Allen Schick, The Federal Budget: Politics, Policy, Process, →ISBN, page 228
    • A few days later in a meeting with the president, Clinton asked Gingrich for a continuing resolution (CR) to continue funding the government until they could work out a compromise. “If I go back and try to get a longterm CR without a budget from you, the next time you'll be dealing with Speaker...2008, Steven M. Gillon, The Pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry that Defined a Generation, →ISBN
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of community resolution.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Championship Record.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Circuit Record.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Competition Record.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Course Record.
  9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Cup Record.
  10. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Canadian Record.
  11. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Commonwealth Record.

Adjective capitalized: CR

CR (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of controlled release.

Verb capitalized: CR

CR (third-person singular simple present CRs, present participle CRing, simple past and past participle CRed)

  1. (Philippines, colloquial) to go to the comfort room
    • I will CR later after lunch.

Noun (2) capitalized: CR

CR (uncountable)

  1. Credit.
    Antonyms:
    DR

Noun (3) capitalized: Cr

Cr

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of creatine.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of creatinine.
  3. (Australia, abbreviation) Abbreviation of Councillor.
  4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of credit

Antonyms of cr

Forms of cr

Noun
pluralCRs
Verb
third-person singular presentCRs
present participleCRing
past participleCRed
pastCRed

Origin of cr

Probably from Latin crēdēre; compare DR.

Words formed from cr

Questions about cr

What does cr mean?
Cr means crore.
What is cr the abbreviation of?
Cr is the abbreviation of creditor.
What part of speech is cr?
Cr can be a symbol, a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.

Words near cr in the dictionary

  1. CQIs
  2. CQMS
  3. CQRS
  4. CQS
  5. CQV
  6. cr
  7. cr*p
  8. Cr.
  9. CR7
  10. CRA
  11. cra-cra

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cr (page history and authors); CR (page history and authors); Cr (page history and authors); creditor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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