无担保债权人:指对债务人享有债权,但该债权没有以抵押、质押等担保物或担保权益作保障的债权人。发生违约或进入破产程序时,无担保债权人的受偿顺位通常低于有担保债权人及部分法定优先债权(如某些税款、工资等,视法域而定),往往按比例分配剩余财产。
/ˌʌnsɪˈkjʊrd ˈkrɛdɪtər/
The credit card company is an unsecured creditor.
信用卡公司属于无担保债权人。
In the bankruptcy filing, unsecured creditors were notified that they might recover only a small percentage of what they were owed after secured claims were paid.
在破产申请文件中,无担保债权人被告知:在有担保债权先行受偿后,他们可能只能收回所欠款项的一小部分。
unsecured 由前缀 un-(否定,“不、无”)+ secured(“被保障的、有担保的”)构成;creditor 来自拉丁语 creditor(“出借者、债权人”),与 credit(信用/赊借)同源。合起来字面意思就是“未被担保的债权人”。