stockholder

[ stok-hohl-der ]
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noun
  1. Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.

  2. Australian. an owner of livestock, as a rancher.

Origin of stockholder

1
First recorded in 1745–55; stock + holder

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British Dictionary definitions for stockholder

stockholder

/ (ˈstɒkˌhəʊldə) /


noun
  1. an owner of corporate capital stock

  2. Australian a person who keeps livestock

Derived forms of stockholder

  • stockholding, noun

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