A creditor is an entity or person to whom money is owed by a debtor. In a strict legal sense, a creditor is one who extends credit to another for money or other property. More generally, a creditor is someone who has a legal right to demand and recover from another entity a sum of money on any account.
An indenture is a formal legal agreement made between two or more parties, especially regarding obligations in the world of real estate, finance, and bond issuance.
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