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creditor

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. creditor (noun)
  2. creditor's bill (noun)
  3. catholic creditor (noun)
  4. general creditor (noun)
  5. judgment creditor (noun)
  6. preferred creditor (noun)

cred·i·tor

noun \ˈkre-di-tər, -ˌtȯr\

Definition of CREDITOR

: one to whom a debt is owed; especially : a person to whom money or goods are due
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Examples of CREDITOR

  1. She owes thousands of dollars to creditors.

First Known Use of CREDITOR

15th century

Rhymes with CREDITOR

editor, predator

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