stockholder

[ stok-hohl-der ]

/ ˈstɒkˌhoʊl dər /

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noun

Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.

Australian. an owner of livestock, as a rancher.

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Origin of stockholder

First recorded in 1745–55; stock + holder

Words nearby stockholder

stock farm, stockfish, stock footage, stock guard, Stockhausen, stockholder, stockholder of record, stockholders, stockholders' equity, Stockholm, Stockholm syndrome

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How to use stockholder in a sentence

So although people who own little or nothing in the way of stocks or houses haven’t seen their wealth increase the way stockholders and homeowners have, some of them have gotten jobs that they otherwise might not have gotten.
Homeowners are doing great. Shareholders are doing even better.|Allan Sloan|June 16, 2021|Washington Post
Models differ, but they generally assume big stockholders shoulder the lion’s share.
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax|by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel|June 8, 2021|ProPublica
What prompted me to write about this deal, which has been covered extensively, is that AT&T is planning to trash the income of its retail stockholders by sharply cutting its annual cash dividend.
AT&T dividend cut in WarnerMedia-Discovery deal is a debacle for shareholders|Allan Sloan|May 21, 2021|Washington Post
“Trust, But Verify,” Boice titled a spring 2019 Medium post advertising the company, which at that point was facing lawsuits in five jurisdictions over unpaid rent, wages and bills and his own lack of response to questions from stockholders.
He promised ‘Uber for private investigators.’ It was a scam.|Rachel Weiner|December 4, 2020|Washington Post

That means stockholders will have to wait quite a while to evaluate the company’s real-world performance.
Electric vehicle startup Fisker Inc. shares jump 7% on stock market debut|dzanemorris|October 30, 2020|Fortune
This was about the time a Texas lumbering company was becoming a major stockholder in Time Inc.
‘The Land of the Permanent Wave’ Is Bud Shrake’s Classic Take on ‘60s Texas|Edwin Shrake|February 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The largest single stockholder at Exxon, CEO and chairman Rex Tillerson, controls .04 percent of its stock.
America’s New Oligarchs—Fwd.us and Silicon Valley’s Shady 1 Percenters|Joel Kotkin|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Those corporations aren't losing in this process, so there's no loss corresponding to a stockholder's capital gain on stocks.
Stop the Madness!||August 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Suppose a stockholder buys all the stock of the other members, does the corporation still exist?
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Lastly a stockholder who was present cannot complain that notice was not given to others; the objection is personal.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Under this system, each stockholder bought a certain number of shares.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
If the company succeeded, each stockholder earned a profit based upon the number of shares he owned.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
It is of a necessity that the stockholder should remain tranquil.
Stories in Light and Shadow|Bret Harte

British Dictionary definitions for stockholder

stockholder

/ (ˈstɒkˌhəʊldə) /

noun

an owner of corporate capital stock

Australian a person who keeps livestock

Derived forms of stockholder

stockholding, noun

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