stockholder
[stok-hohl-der]
- 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
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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?
The HarborErnest Poole
Stockholders are complaining; directors are bewildered; bankers are frightened.
The Railroad QuestionWilliam Larrabee
Good of the business, rights of stockholders, all that sort of stuff; he rang the changes.
Cap'n Warren's WardsJoseph C. Lincoln
The rivalry was beneficial to the public if not to the stockholders.
Annals of Music in AmericaHenry Charles Lahee
He had stockholders' money, and he plunged, it said, just before the panic.
The PrisonerAlice Brown
stockholder
- an owner of corporate capital stock
- Australian a person who keeps livestock
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Word Origin and History for stockholders
stockholder
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
stockholders
The persons or corporations holding stock in a corporation.
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