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Creditor vs Financer - What's the difference?

creditor | financer |

In finance|lang=en terms the difference between creditor and financer

is that creditor is (finance) a person to whom a debt is owed while financer is (finance) an entity that provides financing.

As nouns the difference between creditor and financer

is that creditor is (finance) a person to whom a debt is owed while financer is (finance) an entity that provides financing.

creditor

English

Alternative forms

* creditour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (finance) A person to whom a debt is owed.
  • One who gives credence to something; a believer.

    • Antonyms

    * debtor

    Hyponyms

    * debtholder * noteholder * bondholder * general creditor

    Anagrams

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    financer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) An entity that provides financing
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 24, Tara Siegel Bernard, Costs and Tighter Rules Thwart Refinancings, New York Times citation
    • , passage=And only a select few borrowers with pristine credit can secure the most attractive rates: for the week that ended Jan. 15, rates on a 30-year fixed mortgage sank to 5.12 percent, the 11th consecutive weekly drop and the lowest rate since the big mortgage financer Freddie Mac began tracking them in 1971. }} ----