shareholder

[shair-hohl-der]

noun

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

Origin of shareholder

First recorded in 1785–95; share¹ + holder

Also called share·own·er

[shair-oh-ner] /ˈʃɛərˌoʊ nər/.

Related formsshare·hold·ing, nounnon·share·hold·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for shareholding

Historical Examples of shareholding

How can we account for the occurrence of regular 'shareholding' among the freeholders?
Villainage in England
Paul Vinogradoff
The traits which mark these last are 'shareholding' and light rents.
Villainage in England
Paul Vinogradoff
It made no mention of my refusal to buy a certain mill for the combine at an excessive cost to the shareholding public.
Success (Second Edition)
Max Aitken Beaverbrook
Of the shareholding members of the company of players, the one who had arranged this performance was Augustine Phillips.
A Gentleman Player
Robert Neilson Stephens
Shareholding in the war syndicates and membership in the naval league go together.
The Unpopular Review Vol. I
Various

British Dictionary definitions for shareholding

shareholder

noun

the owner of one or more shares in a company

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Word Origin and History for shareholding

shareholder

c.1830, from share (n.1) in the financial sense + agent noun from hold (v.).