creditor
noun
Simple meaning
A person to whom money is owed by a debtor.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
krehduhterSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɹɛdətɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
finance
A person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
finance
A person to whom a debt is owed.
One who gives credence to something; a believer.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
Used this way, creditor is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a financial use: it has a settled meaning in accounting and business, where precision matters more than colour.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Finance/economics
- Business/professional
- Ethics/values
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use creditor
- “After taking out the loan, she now owes money to the creditor every month.”noun
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Sense: person to whom money is owed by a debtor
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