stockowner

[stok-oh-ner]

noun

1. stockholder.

Other Word Forms

• stockownership noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stockowner¹

First recorded in 1865–70; stock ( def. ) + owner ( def. )

Example Sentences

If the sales value of the stock exceeds its basis, the stockowner owes tax on the capital gain.

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You see, I got Kennedy to influence a big stockowner for me.

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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.

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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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