How to Use creditor in a Sentence

creditor

noun
  • She owes thousands of dollars to creditors.
  • The sale of the house could have then been used to pay off his creditors.
    — Daniel Bice, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Ssense and its creditors are about to go to battle.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Koch is a junior creditor in the case.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • For now, creditors are mostly in the dark.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Secured creditors saw their claims paid in full.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Take the extra step to give the creditor a call and confirm the amount due.
    — Juan Carlos Medina, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021
  • In one year, the estate creditor must make a claim to the losses.
    — Russel Morgan, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • At the end of the day, what the creditor ends up with is a lien on that interest.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
  • What most people don't know, though, is that a bank levy is not a blank check for creditors to use.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • On the date your debt was charged off by the original creditor.
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 23 Mar. 2026
  • On top of that, your creditor may charge their own processing fee.
    — Sarah Brady, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2022
  • This means a creditor can’t prevail in court after four years have passed.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2021
  • That means creditors could still come after you once the case concludes.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • In that scenario, a creditor cannot garnish your wages.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Once the case is in court, creditors who say they're owed money can then seek a piece of the assets.
    — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • And can a creditor or debt collector seize them from a bank account?
    — Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The process can be a long one as court, creditors and company sort out the details.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
  • But in many jurisdictions, a creditor does not even need to do that.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • If no deal is reached, the company’s assets will be sold off to pay creditors.
    — Reuters wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • But the unsecured creditors have something of a war chest to work with.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
  • To seize assets or garnish wages to claim an unpaid debt, creditors must first sue debtors.
    — al, 19 Nov. 2019
  • By then, Whistler was deep in debt, with Leyland his main creditor.
    — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Sep. 2022
  • What happens when a state can no longer repay its foreign creditors?
    — Sven Van Mourik, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The creditors and attorneys are then paid, and the children get what’s left.
    — Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Not all creditors will agree to settle , and outcomes can vary widely.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • But that doesn’t take into account what’s owed to lenders and other creditors.
    — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2018
  • That meant that creditors had to follow the more exacting claim process.
    — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • In most cases, creditors cannot just take your entire paycheck.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The creditor groups involved in the deal hold more than $11 billion worth of bonds.
    — DÁnica Coto, Star Tribune, 23 Feb. 2021

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