a person, company, etc. that somebody owes money to 债权人;债主;贷方 The property will be sold to pay off their creditors. 卖掉财产以偿债给他们的债主。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- foreign
- private
- large
- …
- pay
- pay off
- repay
- …
- country
- nation
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French crediteur, from Latin creditor, from credit- from credere ‘believe, trust’.