creditor

[ kred-i-ter ]

/ ˈkrɛd ɪ tər /

a person or firm to whom money is due (opposed to debtor).

a person or firm that gives credit in business transactions.

Bookkeeping. credit(def 12b, c).

Origin of creditor

1400–50; late Middle English creditour < Latin crēditor, equivalent to crēdi- variant stem of crēdere to believe, entrust (see credit) + -tor -tor

cred·i·tor·ship, noun non·cred·i·tor, noun pre·cred·i·tor, noun

He had already been involved with The Source, having been a creditor of the company.

It Was All a Dream: Drama, Bullshit, and the Rebirth of The Source Magazine |Alex Suskind |October 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Both you and the creditor would have been better off with moderate inflation than an outright breach.

Japan's Bold, Limited New Economic Plan |Megan McArdle |April 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
It will be the second bailout of Greece and its creditor banks in a little more than a year.

Greeks Want More Money |Stefan Theil |June 17, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Therefore, he would never harm his creditor and former friend.

Anatomy of a Massacre |Rick Outzen |August 19, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

The Hodja was very happy; for now he was the creditor in Allah's books for one thousand piasters.

Told in the Coffee House |Cyrus Adler
But I think we had better put an immediate stop to formalities which must be painful to a creditor so benevolent.

The Parisians, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
A creditor asks for justice when he appeals to a tribunal against his debtor; and how is that justice awarded?

The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 |George W. M. Reynolds
"Then," said the creditor, "I change my debt into a debt of honor," and tore the note in pieces.

Essays, Second Series |Ralph Waldo Emerson
They are not slaves by the wording of the political law, but most of them are in reality slaves by the law of debtor and creditor.

The White Chief |Mayne Reid

creditor

/ (ˈkrɛdɪtə) /

a person or commercial enterprise to whom money is owed Compare debtor

creditor

One to whom a debt is owed.