stakeholder

[steyk-hohl-der]

noun

1. the holder of the stakes stake of a wager.

2. a person or group that has an investment, share, or interest in something, as a business or industry.

3. Law.,  a person holding money or property to which two or more persons make rival claims.

stakeholder

/ ˈsteɪkˌhəʊldə /

noun

1. a person or group owning a significant percentage of a company's shares

2. a person or group not owning shares in an enterprise but affected by or having an interest in its operations, such as the employees, customers, local community, etc

adjective

1. of or relating to policies intended to allow people to participate in and benefit from decisions made by enterprises in which they have a stake

   a stakeholder economy

Word History and Origins

Origin of stakeholder¹

First recorded in 1700–10; stake ² + holder

Example Sentences

Danish pension fund ATP, Bavarian Nordic’s largest shareholder with a stake of over 10%, was one of the stakeholders against the deal and it said Thursday that it still opposes a takeover.

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Horvath declined to share specifics about who was pushing her to run, though she said they were “significant stakeholders” that didn’t hail from any single community.

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The taskforce will now "engage directly with basketball stakeholders and the UK government to explore and propose an interim operational framework for the top-tier men's national competitions".

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The Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee found the arrangements under the Windsor Framework are "overwhelmingly complex and impossible for stakeholders to navigate".

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Treasury, with implications for a spectrum of stakeholders, among them stock investors, home buyers, homeowners, and mortgage-backed securities investors.

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Related Words

• collaborator 
• colleague 
• partner 
• shareholder