Meaning & use
judgement creditor
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Meaning
nouncountablelegal
A person or company that has won a court order saying someone else must pay them money.
Grammar: Countable: the judgement creditor is the winner of the debt case, not the person who owes.
Patterns
- the judgement creditor of someone
- a judgement creditor against someone
The judgement creditor asked the court to freeze the debtor's bank account.
As the judgement creditor, the supplier may take steps to collect the unpaid invoice.
The judgement creditor received a payment plan after months of talks.
Word forms
| plural | judgement creditors |
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Common combinations
- the judgement debtor
- The judgement creditor wrote to the judgement debtor demanding payment.
- enforce a judgement
- A judgement creditor may ask a bailiff to enforce a judgement.
- a judgement creditor's claim
- A judgement creditor's claim can be recorded as a lien on property.
- apply as judgement creditor
- The firm applied as judgement creditor to seize the debtor's equipment.
Synonyms and how they differ
- claimant
- Claimant simply names someone making a claim, but a judgement creditor has already won a court order.
- plaintiff
- Plaintiff names the person who sued, while judgement creditor names that person only after a money judgement is awarded.
- creditor
- Creditor is the broad word for anyone owed money, even without a court order.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: judgement creditor or judgement debtor?
judgement creditor vs judgement debtor
The judgement debtor is the person ordered to pay, while the judgement creditor is the person who receives the money.
Practice
After the court ruled in her favor, the landlord became the ______.
Choose one answer.
The person owed money by a court order is the judgement creditor. The judgement debtor is the opposite party, who must pay.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “judgement creditor”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.