Examples from literature

• He had obligations to the bondholders. 
• If paid in a good silver dollar, the bondholder has nothing to complain of. 
• On the other hand, if a concern is very successful, a shareholder may receive large dividends, while the bondholder receives only the stipulated interest. 
• The consequence of this blunder was that Egypt went into default, and England's might was used on behalf of the bondholders who had made a bad investment. 
• Then there's the alternative of the bondholders putting up money enough to finish the work.