stockholder

[stok-hohl-der]

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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.

Origin of stockholder

First recorded in 1745–55; stock + holder

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Related Words for stockholder

lender, shareholder, banker, stockholder, backer, capitalist

Examples from the Web for stockholder

Contemporary Examples of stockholder

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

Historical Examples of stockholder

I have been interested in a number of breweries as a stockholder.
Government by the Brewers?
Adolph Keitel
Who that stockholder was we did not know until that day of the meeting at our office.
Cap'n Warren's Wards
Joseph C. Lincoln
He was only a stockholder, and a smaller stockholder than once.
On the Stairs
Henry B. Fuller
Unless he changed his mind about Jennie, he was not a stockholder.
Jennie Gerhardt
Theodore Dreiser
It is of a necessity that the stockholder should remain tranquil.
Stories in Light and Shadow
Bret Harte

British Dictionary definitions for stockholder

stockholder

noun

an owner of corporate capital stock

Australian a person who keeps livestock

Derived Formsstockholding, noun

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Word Origin and History for stockholder

1753, from stock (n.2) + agent noun from hold.