Oxford logo
Toggle navigation
Redeem
Upgrade
Help
Sign in
Dictionaries
Dictionaries home
English
American English
Academic
Collocations
German-English
Grammar
Grammar home
Practical English Usage
Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)
Word Lists
Word Lists home
My Word Lists
Topics
Recent additions
Resources
Resources home
Text Checker
Sign in
Dictionaries
Dictionaries home
English
American English
Academic
Collocations
German-English
Grammar
Grammar home
Practical English Usage
Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)
Word Lists
Word Lists home
My Word Lists
Topics
Recent additions
Resources
Resources home
Text Checker
Redeem
Upgrade
Help
TOP
American English
English
American English
Academic English
Collocations
Practical English Usage
German-English
English-German
English
American English
Enter search text
Definition of
creditor noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
creditor
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈkrɛdət̮ər
/
/
jump to other results
a person, company, etc. that someone owes money to
The property will be sold to pay off their creditors.
compare
debtor
See
creditor
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Check pronunciation:
creditor
Nearby words
credit card
noun
credit crunch
noun
creditor
noun
credit rating
noun
credit union
noun