bondholder
- noun
- /ˈbɒndˌhoʊldər/
- Specialized
- As a bondholder, she received annual interest payments and was assured the return of her principal at maturity.
- banks and bondholders
- senior bondholders
- other bondholders
But if you were a bondholder of AIG, you didn't get wiped out.
- But if you were a bondholder of AIG, you didn't get wiped out.
- This was particularly controversial in Ireland, where the government guaranteed all bank bondholders at the taxpayers expense.
- What's not being priced in is that foreign bondholders may get different treatment to local lenders and we're going to talk more about that in just a moment.
- How much did bondholders in Greece got for their bonds?
- dollars to maintain the ability to repay the bondholders.
- Let's just screw the bondholders holding that note and wipe them out before we wipe out the shareholders.
Examples
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The government today has to spend more and more of its income on the interest payment to bondholders of its public debt.
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Some 80% of the bailout money went to EU banks that were Greek bondholders, not the Greek economy.
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Hence, there could be huge liabilities at the bank and bondholder end if many notes are missing.
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The problem is to identify assets that banks and bondholders could rely on in the case of default.
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In forging the agreement, German bondholders, who have the most to lose, rule supreme.
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This was particularly controversial in Ireland, where the government guaranteed all bank bondholders at the taxpayers expense.
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That means these people, these bondholders, lose their asset, but Credit Suisse loses that debt.
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Thus, sukuk bond issues are backed by real assets to which all bondholders can claim partial ownership.
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The decision to postpone foreclosure may thus be skewed at the expense of senior bondholders.
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Even the ailing city of Vallejo, California, promised to honor its pension obligations and repay bondholders in full when it emerged from bankruptcy in 2011.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
A person or organization that someone owes money to
A person who has a check or bond and can get its money
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bondholder is made of bond and holder. Bond comes from a word meaning 'to bind' or 'tie' someone to a promise, and holder means someone who 'holds' or owns something, so a bondholder is the person or organization who owns the bond and expects to be paid back.