bondholder

noun

bond·​hold·​er ˈbänd-ˌhōl-dər How to pronounce bondholder (audio)
: one that holds a government or corporation bond

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The military budget and federal interest payments to bondholders also continue to grow. Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025 An improved offer, which lowered the minimum loss on those bonds by around $70 million, was rejected earlier this week by a group of bondholders, Bloomberg reported earlier this month. Tim Baysinger, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024 That was apparently enough for banks, then bondholders, then stock investors to buy into Trump’s vision. Dan Alexander, Forbes, 8 Feb. 2025 The 2022 postseason sales aren’t an outlier, however: In 2017, ’18 and ’19, the club averaged nearly $62 million in playoff ticket sales, according to reports to bondholders. Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 25 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for bondholder

Word History

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bondholder was in 1823

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“Bondholder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bondholder. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

bondholder

noun
bond·​hold·​er ˈbänd-ˌhōl-dər How to pronounce bondholder (audio)
: the owner of a government or corporation bond

Legal Definition

bondholder

noun
bond·​hold·​er ˈbänd-ˌhōl-dər How to pronounce bondholder (audio)
: a person or business entity that holds a government or corporation bond compare stockholder

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