Definitions for creditor

creditor cred·i·tor

Spelling: [kred-i-ter]
IPA: /ˈkrɛd ɪ tər/

Creditor is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 258 anagrams from letters in creditor (cdeiorrt).

Definitions for creditor

noun

  1. a person or firm to whom money is due (opposed to debtor).
  2. a person or firm that gives credit in business transactions.
  3. 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

Examples for creditor

He tried to evade immediate payment, but on this point his creditor was peremptory.

It was a creditor in the shape of the man of whom she jobbed her carriages.

And I notice you don't seem to consider your creditor in this business.

We have paid our debts; we have become a creditor rather than a debtor nation.

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

Had the creek been their only creditor the Carters would have been fortunate.

It will be the second bailout of Greece and its creditor banks in a little more than a year.

"Then," said the creditor, "I change my debt into a debt of honor," and tore the note in pieces.

Therefore, he would never harm his creditor and former friend.

Both you and the creditor would have been better off with moderate inflation than an outright breach.

Word Value for creditor
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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