bondholder

bondholder
A firm often has stockholders and bondholders. In a liquidation, the bondholders have first priority. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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bondholder bond‧hold‧er [ˈbɒndˌhəʊldə ǁ ˈbɑːndˌhoʊldər] noun [countable] FINANCE
a person or organization that owns bonds:

• The company can seek bankruptcy court approval for a reorganization plan if it receives approval from at least half of the bondholders

ˌjunior ˈbondholder FINANCE
a bondholder who will only be repaid after other lenders if the borrower gets into financial difficulty:

• The airline cannot purchase junior bondholders' debt until it has paid all the senior note defaults.

ˌsenior ˈbondholder FINANCE
a bondholder who will be repaid before other lenders are repaid if the borrower gets into financial difficulty

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bondholder UK US /ˈbɒndhəʊldər/ US  /ˈbɑːndhoʊldɚ/ noun [C] FINANCE
► a person or organization that owns a bond: »

Those who manage the money have a responsibility to bondholders to repay them on time.

→ See also JUNIOR BONDHOLDER(Cf. ↑junior bondholder), SENIOR BONDHOLDER(Cf. ↑senior bondholder)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • bondholder — bond·hold·er / bänd ˌhōl dər/ n: a person or business entity that holds a government or corporation bond compare stockholder Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • Bondholder — Bond hold er, n. A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bondholder — (engl., spr. bond hōlder), Obligationen (Schuldschein , Pfandbrief etc.) Inhaber …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • bondholder — [bänd′hōl΄dər] n. an owner of bonds issued by a company, government, or person …   English World dictionary

  • Bondholder — The owner of a government or corporate bond. Being a bondholder is often considered safer than being a shareholder because if a company liquidates, it must pay its bondholders before it pays its shareholders. Being a bondholder entitles one to… …   Investment dictionary

  • bondholder — UK [ˈbɒndˌhəʊldə(r)] / US [ˈbɑndˌhoʊldər] noun [countable] Word forms bondholder : singular bondholder plural bondholders someone who owns government or company bonds …   English dictionary

  • bondholder — [[t]bɒ̱ndhoʊldə(r)[/t]] bondholders also bond holder N COUNT A bondholder is a person who owns one or more investment bonds …   English dictionary

  • bondholder — noun Date: 1823 one that holds a government or corporation bond …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • bondholder — bondholding, adj., n. /bond hohl deuhr/, n. a holder of a bond or bonds issued by a government or corporation. [1815 25; BOND1 + HOLDER] * * * …   Universalium

  • bondholder — noun The registered owner of a financial bond …   Wiktionary

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