creditor
noun /ˈkredɪtə(r)/
/ˈkredɪtər/
- a person, company, etc. that somebody owes money to
- The property will be sold to pay off their creditors.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- foreign
- private
- large
- …
- pay
- pay off
- repay
- …
- country
- nation
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French crediteur, from Latin creditor, from credit- from credere ‘believe, trust’.