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nounA person to whom a debt is owed.
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nouna person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
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Origin
- Latincrēditor
- Anglo-Normancreditour
- Middle Englishcreditour
- Englishcreditor
From Middle English creditour, from Anglo-Norman creditour, from Latin crēditor, from crēditum (“loan”), from crēditus, perfect passive participle of crēdō (“lend”).
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Ancient Greek χρήστης
- χρήστης (khrḗstēs)a person to whom a debt is owed
Arabic دَائِن
- دَائِن (dāʔin)a person to whom a debt is owed
Bengali ঋণদাতা
- ঋণদাতা (rindata)a person to whom a debt is owed
Bulgarian кредито́р, кредито́рка
- кредито́р (kreditór)a person to whom a debt is owed
- кредито́рка (kreditórka)a person to whom a debt is owed
Catalan creditor, anglès
- creditora person to whom a debt is owed
- anglèsa person to whom a debt is owed
Chinese Mandarin 債權人 /债权人, 貸方 /贷方
- 債權人 /债权人 (zhàiquánrén)a person to whom a debt is owed
- 貸方 /贷方 (dàifāng)a person to whom a debt is owed
- 債主 /债主 (zhàizhǔ)a person to whom a debt is owed
Czech věřitel, věřitelka
- věřitela person to whom a debt is owed
- věřitelkaa person to whom a debt is owed
- věřitelkyněa person to whom a debt is owed
Danish kreditor
- kreditora person to whom a debt is owed
Dutch schuldeiser, crediteur
- schuldeisera person to whom a debt is owed
- crediteura person to whom a debt is owed
Esperanto kreditoro
- kreditoroa person to whom a debt is owed
Estonian võlausaldaja
- võlausaldajaa person to whom a debt is owed
Finnish velkoja, luotonantaja
- velkojaa person to whom a debt is owed
- luotonantajaa person to whom a debt is owed
- lainanantajaa person to whom a debt is owed
French créancier, créancière
- créanciera person to whom a debt is owed
- créancièrea person to whom a debt is owed
German Gläubiger, Kreditor
- Gläubigera person to whom a debt is owed
- Kreditora person to whom a debt is owed
Greek πιστωτής, δανειστής
- πιστωτής (pistotís)a person to whom a debt is owed
- δανειστής (daneistís)a person to whom a debt is owed
Hebrew נוֹשֶׁה
- נוֹשֶׁה (noshé)a person to whom a debt is owed
Hindi ऋणदाता, साहूकार
- ऋणदाता (ŕṇdātā)a person to whom a debt is owed
- साहूकार (sāhūkār)a person to whom a debt is owed
Hungarian hitelező
- hitelezőa person to whom a debt is owed
Icelandic kröfuhafi
- kröfuhafia person to whom a debt is owed
Indonesian kreditor
- kreditora person to whom a debt is owed
Irish cobhthach
- cobhthacha person to whom a debt is owed
Italian creditore, creditrice
- creditorea person to whom a debt is owed
- creditricea person to whom a debt is owed
Japanese 債権者, 貸方
- 債権者 (saikensha)a person to whom a debt is owed
- 貸方 (kashikata)a person to whom a debt is owed
Korean 채권자
- 채권자 (chaegwonja)a person to whom a debt is owed
Latin crēditor, crēditrix
- crēditora person to whom a debt is owed
- crēditrixa person to whom a debt is owed
Latvian kreditors, kreditore
- kreditorsa person to whom a debt is owed
- kreditorea person to whom a debt is owed
Lithuanian kreditorius, kreditorė
- kreditoriusa person to whom a debt is owed
- kreditorėa person to whom a debt is owed
Malay pemiutang
- pemiutanga person to whom a debt is owed
Māori kaitukunama, kaitukumoni
- kaitukunamaa person to whom a debt is owed
- kaitukumonia person to whom a debt is owed
Norwegian Bokmål kreditor
- kreditora person to whom a debt is owed
Polish wierzyciel, wierzycielka
- wierzyciela person to whom a debt is owed
- wierzycielkaa person to whom a debt is owed
Portuguese credor
- credora person to whom a debt is owed
Romanian creditor, creditoare
- creditora person to whom a debt is owed
- creditoarea person to whom a debt is owed
Russian кредито́р, заимода́вец
- кредито́р (kreditór)a person to whom a debt is owed
- заимода́вец (zaimodávec)a person to whom a debt is owed
- заимода́тель (zaimodátelʹ)a person to whom a debt is owed
Slovak veriteľ, veriteľka
- veriteľa person to whom a debt is owed
- veriteľkaa person to whom a debt is owed
Spanish acreedor, acreedora
- acreedora person to whom a debt is owed
- acreedoraa person to whom a debt is owed
Swahili mdai, mkopeshaji
- mdaia person to whom a debt is owed
- mkopeshajia person to whom a debt is owed
Swedish borgenär, fordringsägare
- borgenära person to whom a debt is owed
- fordringsägarea person to whom a debt is owed
- kreditora person to whom a debt is owed
Thai เจ้าหนี้
- เจ้าหนี้ (jâao-nîi)a person to whom a debt is owed
Turkish kreditör, alacaklı
- kreditöra person to whom a debt is owed
- alacaklıa person to whom a debt is owed
- borç verena person to whom a debt is owed
Ukrainian кредито́р, кредито́рка
- кредито́р (kredytór)a person to whom a debt is owed
- кредито́рка (kredytórka)a person to whom a debt is owed
Urdu قَرْض دِہِنْدَہ, قَرْض خْواہْ
- قَرْض دِہِنْدَہ (qarz dihinda)a person to whom a debt is owed
- قَرْض خْواہْ (qarz xvāh)a person to whom a debt is owed
- دائِن (dāin)a person to whom a debt is owed
Vietnamese chủ nợ
- chủ nợa person to whom a debt is owed
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APA
creditor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creditor
MLA
“creditor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creditor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “creditor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creditor.
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