creditor B2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈkɹɛdɪtɚ/ UK /ˈkɹɛdɪtə/ See IPA manual Freq #39179 Meanings 1 noun a person, company, or institution to whom money is owed Usage: A creditor is the person or organization owed money. Keep the direction of the debt clear: the creditor is entitled to receive repayment. The bank remained the company's largest creditor after the loan was restructured. The business negotiated a new payment plan with its creditor. 2 noun a person who gives belief or trust to something He was a creditor of every rumor he heard. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person, company, or... lenderdebt holder 2 noun · a person who gives belief... believer ↔ Opposites debtorborrower Word family Derived forms creditorscreditorship Related forms creditdebtloan Etymology Through Middle English and Anglo-Norman forms, from Latin crēditor, linked to crēditum, a loan, and crēdō, to lend or trust. credere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # creditor **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkɹɛdɪtɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɹɛdɪtə/ **Frequency rank:** 39179 ## Meanings 1. a person, company, or institution to whom money is owed 2. a person who gives belief or trust to something ## Usage Notes - a person, company, or institution to whom money is owed: A creditor is the person or organization owed money. Keep the direction of the debt clear: the creditor is entitled to receive repayment. ## Examples - The bank remained the company's largest creditor after the loan was restructured. - The business negotiated a new payment plan with its creditor. - He was a creditor of every rumor he heard. ## Synonyms - lender - debt holder - believer ## Antonyms - debtor - borrower ## Derived Forms - creditors - creditorship ## Related Forms - credit - debt - loan ## Roots and Affixes - Root: credere - to believe ## Etymology Through Middle English and Anglo-Norman forms, from Latin crēditor, linked to crēditum, a loan, and crēdō, to lend or trust. ## Topics - People & Society markdown