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credi·tor (kred′it ər)

noun

a person who extends credit or to whom money is owed

Etymology: ME creditour < L creditor: see credit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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