Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

shareholding

  • a word derived from shareholder.
    shareholder
    noun
    a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Last year, Boohoo tried to formally rename itself as Debenhams, but Frasers used its shareholding votes to block the name change.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Smethurst bought the club out of insolvency in 2020 and installed former manager Robbie Savage, but has since diluted his shareholding.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

Fattal Hotel has a 3.97% shareholding in PPHE, according to LSEG.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

But to get EU approval for the cash injection, Berlin promised to eventually reduce its shareholding, and the finance ministry confirmed Tuesday that the sale had begun.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

Let me repeat that the shareholding rich man of the new time is in a position of freedom almost unparalleled in the history of men.

From Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells