creditor B2 Topic:Money & Finance US /ˈkɹɛdɪtɚ/ UK /ˈkɹɛdɪtə/ See IPA manual Freq #39179 Meanings 1 noun a person, company, or institution to whom money is owed 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 From Anglo-Norman creditour and Latin creditor, from creditum, "loan," and credere, "to believe, trust, lend." The financial sense depends on trust that a debt will be repaid. Topics Money & Finance External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 ## Examples - 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 ## Etymology From Anglo-Norman creditour and Latin creditor, from creditum, "loan," and credere, "to believe, trust, lend." The financial sense depends on trust that a debt will be repaid. ## Topics - Money & Finance markdown