債権者(さいけんしゃ)

さいけんしゃ
noun
creditor
1. creditor
A person or entity that is owed money or has a legal right to demand payment.
債権者(さいけんしゃ)に返済(へんさい)する。
To repay the creditor.
債権者(さいけんしゃ)会議(かいぎ)が開(ひら)かれた。
A creditors' meeting was held.
破産(はさん)した場合(ばあい)、債権者(さいけんしゃ)への支払(しはら)いは裁判所(さいばんしょ)が管理(かんり)する。
In the case of bankruptcy, payments to creditors are managed by the court.

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
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