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creditor

noun
/ˈkɹɛdɪtə/UK/ˈkɹɛdɪtɚ/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from crēditor
  2. derived from creditour
  3. inherited from creditour

Definitions

  1. A person to whom a debt is owed.

    • The creditor demanded immediate payment.
    • She met with her creditors to negotiate the debt.
    • The creditor took legal action against the bankrupt company.

  2. One who gives credence to something

    One who gives credence to something; a believer.

The neighborhood

Derived

catholic creditor, creditorship, creditress, frauditor, general creditor, noncreditor, preferred creditor, secured creditor, unsecured creditor

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at creditor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at creditor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at creditor

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA