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creditor

[kred-i-ter] / ˈkrɛd ɪ tər /


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Security researcher Collin Koh said that China -- Laos's largest creditor -- was "trying to showcase that it is able to extend itself in defence diplomacy", at least with "amenable countries".

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Parent company BrewDog PLC is still expected to pay its preferential creditor, HMRC, in full for £3.66m tax owed - mainly VAT and excise duty.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

At one point in the bankruptcy, it pitted three creditor groups against one another, threatening to raise capital with third-party financiers at the expense of some existing lenders, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Beyond its role as a major creditor, China has built a broad economic presence in Zambia, with interests spanning copper mining, roads, airports, power projects and industrial parks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

I didn’t want Rufus having to face some creditor that I had angered with my twentieth-century brevity—which could come across as nineteenth-century abruptness, even discourtesy.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

Thames Water, the UK's biggest water company, owes roughly £20bn to lenders and has been working with creditors and government officials to prevent collapse.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The creditors, who have signed a cooperation agreement to act as a united front, alleged these moves were part of a series of “value siphoning transactions” designed to benefit management at the creditors’ expense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

They must also make sure creditors are paid back as much money as possible.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Any payments to creditors - people or companies they owe money - are put on hold while proposals to restructure the business are drawn up.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

He told me that in Florida, creditors cannot take your home, and the Mosses had mortgaged most everything else they owned, probably to pay their bail bonds and legal fees.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter




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