stockholder

[ stok-hohl-der ]

noun

1. Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
2. Australian. an owner of livestock, as a rancher.

stockholder

/ ˈstɒkˌhəʊldə /

noun

1. an owner of corporate capital stock
2. a person who keeps livestock

Derived Forms

• ˈstockˌholding, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stockholder¹

First recorded in 1745–55; stock + holder

Example Sentences

So although people who own little or nothing in the way of stocks or houses haven’t seen their wealth increase the way stockholders and homeowners have, some of them have gotten jobs that they otherwise might not have gotten.

From Washington Post

Models differ, but they generally assume big stockholders shoulder the lion’s share.

From ProPublica

What prompted me to write about this deal, which has been covered extensively, is that AT&T is planning to trash the income of its retail stockholders by sharply cutting its annual cash dividend.

From Washington Post

“Trust, But Verify,” Boice titled a spring 2019 Medium post advertising the company, which at that point was facing lawsuits in five jurisdictions over unpaid rent, wages and bills and his own lack of response to questions from stockholders.

From Washington Post

That means stockholders will have to wait quite a while to evaluate the company’s real-world performance.

From Fortune

This was about the time a Texas lumbering company was becoming a major stockholder in Time Inc.

From The Daily Beast

The largest single stockholder at Exxon, CEO and chairman Rex Tillerson, controls .04 percent of its stock.

From The Daily Beast

Those corporations aren't losing in this process, so there's no loss corresponding to a stockholder's capital gain on stocks.

From The Daily Beast

Suppose a stockholder buys all the stock of the other members, does the corporation still exist?

From Project Gutenberg

Lastly a stockholder who was present cannot complain that notice was not given to others; the objection is personal.

From Project Gutenberg

Under this system, each stockholder bought a certain number of shares.

From Project Gutenberg

If the company succeeded, each stockholder earned a profit based upon the number of shares he owned.

From Project Gutenberg

It is of a necessity that the stockholder should remain tranquil.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• banker
• lender
• shareholder
• venture capitalist