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View synonyms for shareholder

shareholder

[ shair-hohl-der ]

noun

  1. a holder or owner of shares, share, especially in a company or corporation.


shareholder

/ ˈʃɛəˌhəʊldə /

noun

  1. the owner of one or more shares in a company


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Other Words From

  • shareholding noun
  • non·shareholder noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of shareholder1

First recorded in 1785–95; share 1 + holder

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Example Sentences

At first glance, this kind of shareholder and customer uprising sounds unlikely.

As a shareholder in the site, Saatchi stands to get a cut of any work sold.

"He's a vocal shareholder who can continue to put pressure on Apple to do the right thing for investors," Munster said.

Under Tim Cook, Apple shareholder value has been destroyed, Chowdhry said.

The Swiss government is a majority shareholder in Swisscom with a 56.77 percent stake.

He was a large shareholder of the bank, and the liability of the shareholders was unlimited.

Of course the holder of these 50 shares would be as fully entitled as any other shareholder to that 20 per cent.

Russia is now one huge corporation, every man, woman and child an equal shareholder.

It is not the property of any one nation, but the United Kingdom is by far the largest shareholder: it holds 35 per cent.

Colossally rich, he was interested in all the great industrial enterprises, and a shareholder in most of the mining operations.

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