creditors
noun
Form of creditor , plural of creditor.
Simple meaning
A person to whom money is owed by a debtor.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
krehdihterzSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɹɛdɪtɚz
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
plural of creditor
A person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
plural of creditor
A person to whom a debt is owed.
plural of creditor
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, creditors 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.
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
A person to whom money is owed by a debtor.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- creditornoun
- repaymentnoun
- paymentnoun
- insolvencynoun
- liabilitiesnoun
- bankruptverb
- debtornoun
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