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n. One to whom money or its equivalent is owed.

n. A person to whom a debt is owed.

n. One who gives credence to something; a believer.

n. One who credits, believes, or trusts.

n. One who gives credit in business matters; hence, one to whom money is due; -- correlative to debtor.

n. One who believes; a believer.

n. One to whom any return is due or payable; specifically, one who gives credit in business transactions; hence, one to whom a sum of money is due for any cause: correlative to debtor. Abbreviated Cr.

n. A similar action or bill to set aside a fraudulent transfer of assets which may be sold on execution: commonly called a bill in the nature of a creditor's bill, or a bill in aid of an execution.

n. a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists

"KDB is also the main creditor of Kumho Asiana, which suffered a cash shortage after a heavily leveraged acquisition of Daewoo Engineering in late 2006."

debtor   

person    mortal    individual    someone    soul    somebody   

creditor exchanges    chirographary creditor    executor creditor    secondary creditor    to delay creditors    creditor's action    preferred creditor    creditor's bill    catholic creditor   

mortgagee    mortgage holder    noteholder    general creditor    bondholder    debtholder   

editor    predator   

lender    shareholder    purchaser    banker    landlord    employer    investor    buyer    claimant    speculator