creditor

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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creditor (plural creditors)

  1. (finance) A person to whom a debt is owed.
    Antonym: debtor
  2. One who gives credence to something; a believer.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin crēditōrem.

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Noun

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creditor m (plural creditors, feminine creditora)

  1. creditor
    Synonyms: anglès (slang), anglés (slang, Valencia)

Latin

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Etymology

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From crēditum (loan), from crēditus, perfect passive participle of crēdō (lend).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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crēditor m (genitive crēditōris); third declension

  1. creditor, lender

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crēditor crēditōrēs
Genitive crēditōris crēditōrum
Dative crēditōrī crēditōribus
Accusative crēditōrem crēditōrēs
Ablative crēditōre crēditōribus
Vocative crēditor crēditōrēs

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References

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  • creditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • creditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • creditor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • creditor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the creditor: creditor, or is cui debeo

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French créditeur.

Noun

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creditor m (plural creditori)

  1. creditor

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