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債権者 (saikensha) Japanese meaning: creditor | Kotomora

債さい権けん者しゃ

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しゃ

Meanings

1

Legal and financial term for a person or entity to whom a debt is owed.

会かい社しゃが倒とう産さんしたため、債さい権けん者しゃへの支し払はらいが滞とどこおっている

Kanji

債bond, loan, debt
権authority, power, rights
者someone, person

Related words

債さい務む者しゃ
債務者 is the debtor, the person who owes money, while 債権者 is the creditor, the person to whom money is owed.

Word family

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Because the company went bankrupt, payments to creditors are delayed.

社しゃ債さい権けん者しゃ

bondholder

Built from

債さい権けん+者しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 債権 (saiken, 'credit' or 'claim') and 者 (sha, 'person').