noun
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an owner of corporate capital stock
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a person who keeps livestock
Other Word Forms
- stockholding noun
Etymology
Origin of stockholder
Example Sentences
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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
“Our 2026 and long-term guidance—which represents sustained, accelerated revenue growth and margin expansion—reflected the Board’s confidence in our ability to enhance stockholder value,” the CoStar spokesperson said.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 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
These advisory firms emerged during the 1980s as a stockholder reaction to the mayhem of leveraged buyouts and proxy battles taking place during the Gordon Gekko era on Wall Street.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 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
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