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bondholder

/ˈbɑndˌhoʊldɚ/

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BOND-hohl-der: keep the d before h audible.

The strongest beat belongs to BOND, with a smaller beat on HOHL. Avoid inserting an extra vowel at the join between the two parts.

3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1

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“Each bondholder received a copy of the notice.”

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What does bondholder mean?

noun

  1. The registered owner of a financial bond.

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/ˈbɑndˌhoʊldɚ/

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This act secures all in the possession of their property; guarantees to one his field, to another his vineyard, to a third his rents, and to the bondholder, who might have bought real estate but who preferred to come to the assistance of the treasury, his bonds.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
Therefore a bond for twenty thousand francs will be worth not more than ten thousand to the bondholder, because of the tax, if he wishes to get it redeemed by the State: unless he divides it into twenty lots, in which case it will return him double the amount.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444