stake·hold·er

(stāk′hōl′dər)

1. One who has a share or an interest, as in an enterprise.

2. One who holds the bets in a game or contest.

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stakeholder

(ˈsteɪkˌhəʊldə)

1. (Banking & Finance) a person or group owning a significant percentage of a company's shares

2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a person or group not owning shares in an enterprise but affected by or having an interest in its operations, such as the employees, customers, local community, etc

adj

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of or relating to policies intended to allow people to participate in and benefit from decisions made by enterprises in which they have a stake: a stakeholder economy.

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stake•hold•er

(ˈsteɪkˌhoʊl dər)

n.

the holder of the stakes in a wager.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

stakeholder - someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner

neutral - one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute

Translations

intervenantpartie prenante

stakeholder

[ˈsteɪkˌhəʊldəʳ]

A. N

1. (in gambling) persona que guarda las apuestas

2. (Fin) → accionista mf

3. (fig) → interesado/a m/f

B. CPD stakeholder society N (Brit) (Pol) → sociedad f participativa

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stakeholder

[ˈsteɪkhəʊldə^r] n → partie f prenantestakeholder pension n (British) fonds d'épargne-retraite individuel d'entreprise

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stakeholder

n → Teilhaber(in) m(f)

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Teoria dos Stakeholders e Teoria da Firma: um estudo sobre a hierarquizacao das funcoes-objetivo em empresas brasileiras.

Orientation and managing for stakeholders in the decision-making process/Orientacao e gestao para stakeholders no processo de decisao organizacional

A group of port stakeholders has exposed the highly questionable multimillion-peso per container insurance collection by the Association of International Shipping Lines Inc.

Highly questionable multimillion-peso per container insurance collection exposed

A proactive organization interacts and gets involved with forces of change, in other words, the stakeholders. Several scholars have discussed categories of organizational responses to changing the environment (Ackoff, 1974; Post, 1978; Sethi, 1979; Wood, 1991).

Proactive Stakeholder Practices: A Modified Reactive, Defensive, Accommodative, and Proactive (RDAP) Scale

Once you have identified your three categories of stakeholders, here's what you do:

Get everyone motivated to ensure success

Their decisions are bound to be controversial as stakeholders likely disagree over which priorities should be set and over who should benefit and who should not.

Stakeholder Participation for Legitimate Priority Setting: A Checklist

Elikplim Kwabla Apetorgbor, said: 'Since the matter came to the fore through the instrumentality of the vibrant media, stakeholders have been engaging behind the scenes to have the matter resolved.'

IPPs rescind 'power shutdown' decision ...as ECG, PDS make efforts to settle huge debts

Stakeholders, among them government departments have been encouraged to cooperate with the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) when the corruption busting agency requests information for their investigations.

DCEC pleads for stakeholder cooperation

Corporate Governance is essentially about balancing the interests of stakeholders in a company.

Corporate Governance: Basic Concepts

ISLAMABAD -- The PM's finance adviser has advised all stakeholders to work round the clock to bring about notable progress on the FATF Action Plan.

Stakeholders urged to step up work on FATF Action Plan

IN an effort to scale up Childbirth Spacing (CBS) among families, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Pathfinder International, Abuja, has commenced building the capacity of strategic stakeholders in Gombe State.

Pathfinder International Builds Stakeholders Capacity To Scale Up CBS Policies In Gombe