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creditor

[kred-i-ter] / ˈkrɛd ɪ tər /


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The GLA said that, as is standard practice in insolvency law, it had informed the administrators of the government's interest as a potential creditor.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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

China remains Zambia's largest bilateral creditor, with about US$4.5 billion owed to Chinese lenders, equivalent to roughly 15 percent of total public and publicly guaranteed debt, according to the IMF.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

In person, the creditor said it broadly accepted her proposal for a debt restructuring, a breakthrough that gave Lynas breathing room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 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

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Houlihan Lokey represent the creditors, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

He and Gail gave up their salaries and lived off credit cards while Dave flailed, trying to keep their creditors at bay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Holmes was, however, beginning to feel mounting pressure from creditors, in particular from several furniture and bicycle dealers.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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