shareholder

[ shair-hohl-der ]

/ ˈʃɛərˌhoʊl dər /

noun

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

Nearby words

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

How can we account for the occurrence of regular 'shareholding' among the freeholders?
Villainage in England|Paul Vinogradoff
Shareholding in the war syndicates and membership in the naval league go together.
The Unpopular Review Vol. I|Various
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
The shareholding body is altogether too chaotic and diffused for positive defence.
Anticipations|Herbert George Wells

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

British Dictionary definitions for shareholding

shareholder

/ (ˈʃɛəˌhəʊldə) /

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.).