noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈkɹɛdɪtə/
US:/ˈkɹɛdɪtɚ/
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CMU ARPABET:K R EH1 D AH0 T ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:K R EH1 D IH0 T ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person to whom a debt is owed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
Examples
The creditor demanded immediate payment.
She met with her creditors to negotiate the debt.
The creditor took legal action against the bankrupt company.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: debtor
2
noun
Meaning 2
One who gives credence to something; a believer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle English creditour, from Anglo-Norman creditour, from Latin crēditor, from crēditum (“loan”), from crēditus, perfect passive participle of crēdō (“lend”).
Across languages
Translations
115 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
kreditor
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Arabic:
دَائِن
(dāʔin)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Armenian:
պարտատեր
(partater)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Armenian:
վարկատու
(varkatu)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Asturian:
acreedor
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Asturian:
acreedora
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Azerbaijani:
kreditor
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Azerbaijani:
borcverən
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Belarusian:
крэдыто́р
(kredytór)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Belarusian:
крэдыто́рка
(kredytórka)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Bengali:
ঋণদাতা
(rindata)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Bulgarian:
кредито́р
(kreditór)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Bulgarian:
кредито́рка
(kreditórka)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Burmese:
ကြွေးရှင်
(krwe:hrang)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Catalan:
creditor
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Catalan:
anglès
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Chinese Mandarin:
債權人 /债权人
(zhàiquánrén)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Chinese Mandarin:
貸方 /贷方
(dàifāng)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Chinese Mandarin:
債主 /债主
(zhàizhǔ)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Czech:
věřitel
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Czech:
věřitelka
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Czech:
věřitelkyně
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Danish:
kreditor
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Dutch:
schuldeiser
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Dutch:
crediteur
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Esperanto:
kreditoro
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Estonian:
võlausaldaja
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Finnish:
velkoja
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Finnish:
luotonantaja
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Finnish:
lainanantaja
— a person to whom a debt is owed
French:
créancier
— a person to whom a debt is owed
French:
créancière
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Georgian:
კრედიტორი
(ḳrediṭori)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
German:
Gläubiger
— a person to whom a debt is owed
German:
Kreditor
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Gothic:
𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰
(dulgahaitja)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Greek:
πιστωτής
(pistotís)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Greek:
δανειστής
(daneistís)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Ancient Greek:
χρήστης
(khrḗstēs)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Hebrew:
נוֹשֶׁה
(noshé)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Hindi:
ऋणदाता
(ŕṇdātā)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Hindi:
साहूकार
(sāhūkār)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Hungarian:
hitelező
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Icelandic:
kröfuhafi
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Indonesian:
kreditor
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Irish:
cobhthach
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Italian:
creditore
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Italian:
creditrice
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Japanese:
債権者
(saikensha)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Japanese:
貸方
(kashikata)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Kazakh:
кредитші
(kreditşı)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Kazakh:
несиегер
(nesieger)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Khmer:
ម្ចាស់បំណុល
(mcah bɑmnol)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Khmer:
ឥណទាយក
(ʼinaʼtiəyŭək)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Korean:
채권자
(chaegwonja)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Northern Kurdish:
deyndêr
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Kyrgyz:
кредитор
(kreditor)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Lao:
ເຈົ້າຫນີ້
(chao nī)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Latin:
crēditor
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Latin:
crēditrix
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Latvian:
kreditors
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Latvian:
kreditore
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Lithuanian:
kreditorius
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Lithuanian:
kreditorė
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Malay:
pemiutang
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Māori:
kaitukunama
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Māori:
kaitukumoni
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Middle English:
creditour
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Middle English:
creaunsour
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Norman:
créditeu
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Norwegian Bokmål:
kreditor
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Pannonian Rusyn:
поверитель
(poveritelʹ)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Pannonian Rusyn:
пожичкодаватель
(požičkodavatelʹ)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Pannonian Rusyn:
кредитор
(kreditor)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Iranian Persian:
طَلَبْکار
(talabkâr)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Iranian Persian:
بِسْتانْکار
(bestânkâr)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Iranian Persian:
قَرْض دَهَنْدِه
(ġarz dahande)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Iranian Persian:
وامدَهَنْدِه
(vâm-dahande)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Polish:
wierzyciel
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Polish:
wierzycielka
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Portuguese:
credor
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Romanian:
creditor
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Romanian:
creditoare
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Russian:
кредито́р
(kreditór)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Russian:
заимода́вец
(zaimodávec)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Russian:
заимода́тель
(zaimodátelʹ)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Serbo-Croatian:
зајмода́вац
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Serbo-Croatian:
крѐдӣтор
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Serbo-Croatian:
zajmodávac
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Serbo-Croatian:
krèdītor
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Slovak:
veriteľ
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Slovak:
veriteľka
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Slovene:
upnik
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Slovene:
upnica
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Spanish:
acreedor
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Spanish:
acreedora
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Swahili:
mdai
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Swahili:
mkopeshaji
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Swedish:
borgenär
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Swedish:
fordringsägare
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Swedish:
kreditor
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Tajik:
қарздиҳанда
(qarzdihanda)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Thai:
เจ้าหนี้
(jâao-nîi)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Turkish:
kreditör
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Turkish:
alacaklı
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Turkish:
borç veren
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Ukrainian:
кредито́р
(kredytór)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Ukrainian:
кредито́рка
(kredytórka)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Urdu:
قَرْض دِہِنْدَہ
(qarz dihinda)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Urdu:
قَرْض خْواہْ
(qarz xvāh)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Urdu:
دائِن
(dāin)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Uyghur:
قەرز بەرگۈچى
(qerz bergüchi)
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Uzbek:
kreditor
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Uzbek:
qarz beruvchi
— a person to whom a debt is owed
Vietnamese:
chủ nợ
— a person to whom a debt is owed