stockholders

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The persons or corporations holding stock in a corporation.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

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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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST

In Ireland they have palpably and greatly benefited every class but the stockholders, and these they have well nigh ruined.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Two other kinds of stockholders still require mention, sellers and purchasers of stock and pledgors and pledgees.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Stockholders who thus appear on the stock books at the date of a meeting are entitled to vote the stock.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Unless this is fixed by charter or by the stockholders they can get nothing, for they cannot legally vote salaries to themselves.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Dividends must be distributed among the stockholders without unjust discrimination.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles