creditor

Meaning

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

Opposite of

debtor

Synonyms

lender

debtee

loaner

obligee

moneylender

dun

entitled

financier

landlord

lessor

money lender

mortgager

truster

usurer

money-lender

bill collector

method of lending

Cr.

account payable

moneyleader

believer

claimant

credit

credit side

Translations

creditore

acreedor

Gläubiger

créancier

créditeur

creditor

credor

crediteur

schuldeiser

Kreditor

πιστωτής

Gläubigerin

Kreditgeber

alacaklı

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: creditour

In summary

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