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Definitions of creditor
  1. noun
    a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
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  • security property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation
  • prefer give preference to one creditor over another
  • addiction (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master
  • bankruptcy a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent
  • debtor a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
  • foreclosure the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default
  • surety property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation
  • subrogation (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another
  • judgment lien lien on a debtor's property that is granted to a creditor by court judgment; lien may be enforced by having the sheriff seize the property and hold a sheriff's sale
  • peonage the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged
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