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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

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

She recalls traveling on a tight budget and staying in a tiny Holiday Inn Express room in Hong Kong—where one creditor was based—that was so cramped she struggled to open her suitcase.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

The leverage the city has on the pending sale includes its status as a creditor seeking to recoup public funds spent to protect the complex with fencing and deploy police security to prevent vandalism.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 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

Another advantage to a trust: For the most part, an irrevocable trust would shield assets from your mother’s creditors, if she had any.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

According to the filing, Signorello Estate believes it owes its creditors between $10 million and $50 million.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

An executor has a fiduciary responsibility to transparently and honestly deal with all aspects of the deceased’s estate, including paying creditors and taxes and distributing assets to heirs.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

The former businessman negotiated a restructuring of the debt and rebuilt relations with foreign creditors.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

We moved, the workshop was seized by Abel’s creditors, and that was the end of that.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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