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subscriber; policyholder; contracting party
The person who enters into a contract or subscription agreement. Used for insurance policyholders, phone subscribers, service contract holders, and parties to a legal agreement.
契約者本人のみ利用可能です。
Only the subscriber themselves may use this service.
保険の契約者を変更する。
To change the policyholder of the insurance.
携帯電話の契約者情報を確認してください。
Please verify the mobile phone subscriber information.
契約者が死亡した場合、受取人に保険金が支払われる。
In the event of the policyholder's death, the insurance benefit is paid to the beneficiary.
A formal term used in legal, insurance, telecommunications, and service contexts. Anyone dealing with Japanese bureaucracy, insurance, or phone contracts will encounter this word.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 契約者本人: the subscriber/policyholder themselves
- 契約者情報: subscriber/contract holder information
- 契約者変更: change of contract holder
- 保険契約者: insurance policyholder
- 契約者番号: subscriber number
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 加入者: member, subscriber — used for membership-based services and organizations
- 被保険者: insured person — the person covered by insurance (may differ from the policyholder)
- 利用者: user — the person actually using the service
- 当事者: party (to an agreement) — broader legal term for involved parties
FORMATION:
契約 (contract) + 者 (person) — literally "contract person."