creditor
One expecting payment
A creditor is a person or institution to whom money is owed.
Banks are creditors to borrowers; suppliers are creditors to businesses that buy on account.
In bankruptcy proceedings, creditors line up to recover what they can: The estate was divided among creditors.
The opposite is a debtor.
One who owes
- defaultPreset standard option
- arrearsOverdue financial obligations
- delinquencyCriminal or neglectful behavior
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
overdue · unpaid · collector · garnishment · repossession · foreclosure · lien · judgment
Borrowed money repaid later
- lenderOne who loans money
- mortgageeHolder of property lien
- financierManager of substantial funds
- moneylenderOne providing loans
pawnbroker · bank · microfinance · usurer · secured · unsecured · principal · collateral
One asserting entitlement
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- litigationLegal dispute process
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
insolvency · receivership · liquidation · preferential · subordinated · trustee · discharge · reorganization
Awaiting payment
- invoiceItemized billing statement
- assetItem of value owned
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- ledgerFinancial record book
accrual · provision · allowance · write-down · reconciliation · factoring · remittance
One who owns debt securities
- noteholderOne owed repayment
- couponCertificate for reduced price
- maturityFull growth achieved
- yieldProduce or relinquish
debtor
One who owes
- defaultPreset standard option
- arrearsOverdue financial obligations
- delinquencyCriminal or neglectful behavior
outstanding · overdue · unpaid · collector · garnishment · repossession · foreclosure · lien · judgment · settlement
loan
Borrowed money repaid later
moneylender · pawnbroker · bank · microfinance · usurer · secured · unsecured · principal · collateral · guarantor
claimant
One asserting entitlement
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- litigationLegal dispute process
bankruptcy · insolvency · receivership · liquidation · preferential · subordinated · trustee · discharge · reorganization · administration
receivable
Awaiting payment
ledger · accrual · provision · allowance · write-down · reconciliation · factoring · remittance
bondholder
One who owns debt securities
- noteholderOne owed repayment
- couponCertificate for reduced price
- maturityFull growth achieved
yield · convertible · callable
- bankruptcybankruptcy, bankruptcy court, Chapter 11, Chapter 7, bankruptcy petition
- insolvencyinsolvency, bankruptcy court, liquidation, bankruptcy, liquidator
- debtdebt, owe, debtor, lender, debt forgiveness
- financial rolesinvestor, borrower, lender, debtor, banker
- financial ruinbankrupt, bankruptcy, bust, busted, broke
- creditcreditworthiness, FICO, FICO score, subprime, subprime lending
- credit cardsBorrowed-money payment tools
- extra creditOptional work for higher grades
- give creditRecognize someone's contribution
- take creditAccept acknowledgment for accomplishment
- credit card debtMoney owed on plastic
- giving creditAcknowledging another's contribution
credit, discredit, accredit, accredited, creditable, discredited, accreditation, discrediting, creditors