stockowner
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- stockownership noun
Etymology
Origin of stockowner
First recorded in 1865–70; stock ( def. ) + owner ( def. )
Example Sentences
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If the sales value of the stock exceeds its basis, the stockowner owes tax on the capital gain.
From Forbes
You see, I got Kennedy to influence a big stockowner for me.
From Project Gutenberg
Then follow a couple of toasts, the stockowner’s and auctioneer’s—usually short—and an adjournment takes place—if it be stock, to the yards; if corn, the cloth is cleared of all but the wine, and the sale proceeds there and then.
From Project Gutenberg
This, of course, would be a heavy loss to the stockowner, but a still heavier one to the meat consumer; because, if there were fewer animals for sale, the price of meat would ascend, in obedience to the law of supply and demand.
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Regulations were established and enforced which favored the settler rather than the large stockowner.
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