lienholder
noun
lienholder is a noun meaning “Used in instances of title of property (such as a vehicle) to refer to the person who has right of property, as opposed to the party that merely has…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-I-E-N-H-O-L-D-E-R, and it appears about once in every 33 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of lienholder is lienholders.
What does lienholder mean?
noun
- 1
Used in instances of title of property (such as a vehicle) to refer to the person who has right of property, as opposed to the party that merely has right of possession. The party that only has right of possession is referred to as a registered owner, and in the event the registered owner fails to pay off the lien according to the agreed-to terms, the lienholder has the right to invoke repossessio
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of lienholder
- lienholders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is lienholder?
Lienholder appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Lienholder in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who has right of property:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | retentor |
| Spanish | propietario prestamista |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lienholder come from?
From lien + holder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).