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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Examples from the Web for stockholders

Contemporary Examples

As a company that is beholden to stockholders, Kate Spade usually lags, not leads trends.
Handbags: The More You Pay, The Smaller They Shrink
Elizabeth Landers
December 29, 2014
Stockholders get less than they paid for their shares, and may wind up with nothing.
Cyprus’s Emotionally Satisfying, But Likely Ineffective ‘Bail-in’
Daniel Gross
March 25, 2013
Now GM, its stockholders, dealers, workers, indeed, the entire nation, are paying the price of this timidity.
Was Firing Rick Wagoner Just for Show?
Paul A. Eisenstein
April 4, 2009
Margin calls greased the slide as stockholders were unable to deliver.
What the Richest Men in the World Don't Know
Barbara Goldsmith
January 23, 2009

Historical Examples

If you yourself were responsible to several hundred stockholders, what would you do?
The Harbor
Ernest Poole
Stockholders are complaining; directors are bewildered; bankers are frightened.
The Railroad Question
William Larrabee
Good of the business, rights of stockholders, all that sort of stuff; he rang the changes.
Cap'n Warren's Wards
Joseph C. Lincoln
The rivalry was beneficial to the public if not to the stockholders.
Annals of Music in America
Henry Charles Lahee
He had stockholders' money, and he plunged, it said, just before the panic.
The Prisoner
Alice Brown

British Dictionary definitions for stockholders

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 stockholders

stockholder

n.

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

stockholders in Culture

stockholders

The persons or corporations holding stock in a corporation.

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Examples from the Web for stockholders

Contemporary Examples

As a company that is beholden to stockholders, Kate Spade usually lags, not leads trends.

Stockholders get less than they paid for their shares, and may wind up with nothing.

Now GM, its stockholders, dealers, workers, indeed, the entire nation, are paying the price of this timidity.

Margin calls greased the slide as stockholders were unable to deliver.

Historical Examples

If you yourself were responsible to several hundred stockholders, what would you do?

Stockholders are complaining; directors are bewildered; bankers are frightened.

Good of the business, rights of stockholders, all that sort of stuff; he rang the changes.

The rivalry was beneficial to the public if not to the stockholders.

He had stockholders' money, and he plunged, it said, just before the panic.

stockholder

Word Origin and History for stockholders

stockholder

n.

stockholders

Origin of stockholder