債権者(さいけんしゃ)

A legal and financial term. Composed of 債権(さいけん) (claim, credit right) + 者(しゃ) (person). 債権(さいけん) itself combines 債(さい) (debt) and 権(けん) (right) — the right to collect a debt.

Common collocations

• 債権者(さいけんしゃ)会議(かいぎ): creditors' meeting
• 債権者(さいけんしゃ)保護(ほご): creditor protection
• 債権者(さいけんしゃ)集会(しゅうかい): creditors' assembly
• 主要(しゅよう)債権者(さいけんしゃ): major creditor

Similar words

• 債務者(さいむしゃ): debtor — the opposite; the person who owes money
• 貸主(かしぬし): lender — less formal, more everyday
• 債権(さいけん): credit, claim — the right itself, not the person
• 金融機関(きんゆうきかん): financial institution — often the creditor in practice