shareholder
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shareholders
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Origin of shareholder
Explanation
A shareholder is someone who holds stock in a company. Shareholders partially own a company and can make more money when it does well. When you share, you're using or enjoying something with others. Similarly, shareholders own shares — also known as stocks — in a company, so the shareholders all own a little piece of the company. Therefore, shareholders want the company to succeed, so their shares will be worth more money. If one shareholder owns more than 50% of the shares, that person can control the company. Otherwise, the shareholders will have to work together to make decisions.
Vocabulary lists containing shareholder
Personal Finance and Financial Literacy - High School
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They say the Tatas have a unique operating structure where the majority shareholder is a charity which uses dividends received from commercial arms to fund hospitals, universities and research.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“The company is in excellent hands, and I look forward to remaining a shareholder alongside you.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Existing shareholder Hansjorg Wyss will retain his minority holding as part of the deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Beyond Taylor, growth options are being quantified, while overhead savings leave room for higher shareholder returns, it says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
He became Avant!’s single largest shareholder; he pressed management for changes.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Discovery shareholders on top of the $81 billion the company has already agreed to pay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
His annual letters to shareholders and festival-like annual meetings turned him into a leading mentor across the financial world.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
He intends to continue Berkshire’s tradition of annual meetings where shareholders pepper management with questions for hours on end, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
It also argued that shareholders of listed Tata companies are indirectly affected by Tata Sons' decisions, even though they have no direct voting rights in the holding company.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Peugeot has managers and shareholders, but neither do they constitute the company.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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