creditor

Alternative forms

• creditour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman creditour, from Latin crēditor, from crēditum (“loan”), from crēditus, perfect passive participle of crēdō (“lend”)

Noun

creditor (plural creditors)

1. (finance) A person to whom a debt is owed.
2. One who gives credence to something; a believer.

Anagrams

• director

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crēditōr-, stem of crēditor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kɾə.diˈto/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kɾe.diˈtoɾ/

Noun

creditor m (plural creditors, feminine creditora)

1. creditor

Etymology

From crēditum (“loan”), from crēditus, perfect passive participle of crēdō (“lend”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkreː.di.tor/

Noun

crēditor m (genitive crēditōris); third declension

1. creditor, lender

References

• creditor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• creditor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• creditor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• creditor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the creditor: creditor, or is cui debeo