creditor

as inreceiver

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., from Anglo-French creditour, Old French creditour (early 14c.), from Latin creditor "truster, lender," from creditus, past participle of credere (see credo).

Example Sentences for creditor

He tried to evade immediate payment, but on this point his creditor was peremptory.

Had the creek been their only creditor the Carters would have been fortunate.

It was a creditor in the shape of the man of whom she jobbed her carriages.

We have paid our debts; we have become a creditor rather than a debtor nation.

And I notice you don't seem to consider your creditor in this business.

"Then," said the creditor, "I change my debt into a debt of honor," and tore the note in pieces.

Such a person is more likely to be a creditor than a debtor to society.

The door was opened, and Paul found himself in the presence of his father's creditor.

Then let me be your creditor a little longer: I hardly know what it feels like, yet.

It was full of gold, and out of that gold the gypsy carle paid his creditor.

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noun one who receives

Antonyms for creditor

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receiver

noun. one who receives

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