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creditor

[kred-i-ter] / ˈkrɛd ɪ tər /


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Security researcher Collin Koh said that China -- Laos's largest creditor -- was "trying to showcase that it is able to extend itself in defence diplomacy", at least with "amenable countries".

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The creditor committee alleges Dish’s parent company transferred billions of dollars in assets out of reach before filing for bankruptcy in June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The GLA said that, as is standard practice in insolvency law, it had informed the administrators of the government's interest as a potential creditor.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Beyond its role as a major creditor, China has built a broad economic presence in Zambia, with interests spanning copper mining, roads, airports, power projects and industrial parks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

I didn’t want Rufus having to face some creditor that I had angered with my twentieth-century brevity—which could come across as nineteenth-century abruptness, even discourtesy.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

After WALHI's report, she and her student Ashmit Bansal mapped concession holders, owners, creditors, investors and supply-chain partners.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The broadband company and its creditors are working toward a restructuring agreement and expect a bankruptcy filing to implement an eventual restructuring for its around $26 billion debt load, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Above that, you line up with the other creditors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

It may surprise you that a process already exists, sort of, for allowing member states to invite a renegotiation with creditors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

He shook hands and met the angry gazes of his creditors head on.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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