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preferential creditor — ➔ creditor * * * preferential creditor UK US noun [C] FINANCE, LAW ► one of the people, businesses, etc. to which a bankrupt company owes money that must be paid back before others: »Barclays Bank and the preferential creditors will be repaid in… … Financial and business terms
Preferential creditor — A preferential creditor (in some jurisdictions called a preferred creditor) is a creditor who receives a preferential right to payment upon the debtor s bankruptcy under applicable insolvency laws.In most legal systems, some creditors are given… … Wikipedia
preferential creditor — A creditor whose debt will be met in preference to those of other creditors and who thus has the best chance of being paid in full on the bankruptcy of an individual or the winding up of a company. Preferential creditors, who are usually paid in… … Accounting dictionary
preferential creditor — A creditor whose debt will be met in preference to those of other creditors and who thus has the best chance of being paid in full on the bankruptcy of an individual or the winding up of a company. Preferential creditors, who are usually paid in… … Big dictionary of business and management
preferential creditor — /ˌprefəˌrenʃ(ə)l kredɪtə/, preferred creditor /prɪˌfɜ:d kredɪtə/ noun a creditor who must be paid first if a company is in liquidation … Dictionary of banking and finance
creditor — a person or business to whom money is owed. Glossary of Business Terms A party who is owed money by another party. American Banker Glossary lender of money. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary The party that receives assets from the debtor/originating … Financial and business terms
Creditor — Lender of money. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * creditor cred‧i‧tor [ˈkredtə ǁ ər] noun 1. [countable] ACCOUNTING COMMERCE a person or business to whom another person or business owes money: • The company said its largest creditor… … Financial and business terms
preferential debt — A debt that will be repaid in preference to other debts. See: preferential creditor … Accounting dictionary
preferential debt — A debt that will be repaid in preference to other debts. See preferential creditor … Big dictionary of business and management
preferential payment — A payment made to a preferential creditor … Big dictionary of business and management
