noun
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an owner of corporate capital stock
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a person who keeps livestock
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Origin of stockholder
Explanation
A stockholder is someone who has shares in a company. Stockholders own a piece of that company. If you’re a stockholder in the latest, greatest, financially sound new start-up company, your stock is probably worth a lot of money! Stockholders are people who hold stocks — in other words, own shares — in a corporation. When you buy stocks, it's like buying part of the company. The more shares you buy, the more invested you are in a company. The value of the stock goes up when the company does well and goes down when the company does poorly, so stockholders want the company to succeed. If you want to become a stockholder, start following the stock market.
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Personal Finance and Financial Literacy - High School
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"Today's stockholder approval is another key milestone toward completing this historic transaction that will deliver exceptional value to our stockholders," WBD chief executive David Zaslav said in a release.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
Starboard will also recommend two additional directors at Tripadvisor’s 2026 stockholder meeting, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
In January, Kraft flagged in a regulatory filing that Berkshire, its biggest stockholder, could sell nearly all of its 325.6 million shares of the food company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Paramount also has filed proxy materials to ask Warner shareholders to reject the Netflix deal at an upcoming stockholder meeting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
“I’ll get a job as a runner at the Exchange, then a clerk. I’ll become a stockholder and then a proper merchant, and then I’ll make my fortune.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
The bondholders may wind up owning the bankrupt company if it is reorganized, or could get back some of their investment if the company is liquidated, while the stockholders would get nothing.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
The drone maker announced a public offering of 5.7 million shares, along with another 2.3 million shares from certain selling stockholders.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
In a corporate bankruptcy, bondholders get paid before stockholders.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
The dividend is payable on July 10 to stockholders of record on June 26, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Bear Stearns bondholders were made whole and its stockholders lost most of their money.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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