creditor

/ˈkɹɛdɪtə/US/ˈkɹɛdɪtɚ/

creditor noun: a person to whom a debt is owed.

Noun

creditor (plural creditors)

A person to whom a debt is owed.
- The creditor demanded immediate payment.
- She met with her creditors to negotiate the debt.
Antonyms:

debtor
One who gives credence to something; a believer.

creditor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

creditor in Hindi

a person to whom a debt is owed: ऋणदाता ŕṇdātā, साहूकार sāhūkār

creditor in Tamil

கடன் கொடுத்தவர், கடன் கொடுத்தவர் கடனாளர், பற்றாளர், கடனீந்தோர், கடனீவோன்

creditor in Urdu

a person to whom a debt is owed: قَرْض دِہِنْدَہ qarz dihinda, قَرْض خْواہْ qarz xvāh, دائِن dāin

creditor in Bengali

a person to whom a debt is owed: ঋণদাতা rindata

More languagesFewer languages

creditor in Telugu: రుణదాత
creditor in Malayalam: കടം കൊടുത്തവൻ, ഋണദായകൻ, ഉത്തമർണ്ണൻ
creditor in Kannada: ಸಾಲಗಾರ, ಸಾಲಿಗ, ಸಾಲವಣಿಗ, ಸಾಲ ಕೊಟ್ಟವನು
creditor in Punjabi: ਲੈਣਦਾਰ, ਕ੍ਰੈਡਿਟ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ, ਕਰੈਡੀਟਰ
creditor in Gujarati: લેણદાર
creditor in Odia: ଋଣଦାତାର
creditor in Sanskrit: दातृ
creditor in Nepali: लेनदार
creditor in Arabic: دَائِن dāʔin
creditor in Malay: pemiutang
creditor in Indonesian: kreditor
creditor in Thai: เจ้าหนี้ jâao-nîi
creditor in Vietnamese: chủ nợ
creditor in Myanmar: ကြွေးရှင် krwe:hrang

Examples of creditor in a sentence

In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property.
The store needs to liquidize its stock so it can pay its creditors.
He became my creditor as the result of a subrogation by a vendor.

All 33 example sentences with creditor

Antonyms of creditor

debtor

Forms of creditor

plural	creditors
alternative form	creditour

Plural of creditor: creditors

Origin of creditor

From Middle English creditour, from Anglo-Norman creditour, from Latin crēditor, from crēditum (“loan”), from crēditus, perfect passive participle of crēdō (“lend”).

Words formed from creditor

Questions about creditor

What does creditor mean?: Creditor means a person to whom a debt is owed.
What is creditor in Hindi?: Creditor in Hindi is ऋणदाता (ŕṇdātā), साहूकार (sāhūkār). See Creditor meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is creditor?: Creditor is a noun.
How do you pronounce creditor?: Creditor is pronounced /ˈkɹɛdɪtə/ (UK).
What is the plural of creditor?: The plural of creditor is creditors.

Words near creditor in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: creditor (page history and authors); creditor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); creditor (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); creditor (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); creditor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); creditor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); creditor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); creditor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); दातृ (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); creditor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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