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shareholder

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share·hold·er  (shârhldr)
n.
One that owns or holds a share or shares of stock; a stockholder. Also called shareowner.
shareholding n.
shareholder
Noun
the owner of one or more shares in a company
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shareholder - someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation
shareowner, stockholder
investor - someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns
stockholder of record - the stockholder whose name is registered on the books of the corporation as owning the shares at a particular time
Translations
Spanish shareholder [ˈʃɛəhəuldəʳ] n (BRIT) → accionista m/f
French shareholder [ˈʃɛəhəuldəʳ] share n (Brit) → actionnaire m/f
German shareholder [ˈʃɛəhəuldəʳ] share n → Aktionär(in) m(f)
Italian shareholder [ˈʃɛəhəuldəʳ] n → azionista m/f
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I hope," he continued in a tone of kindly concern, "that you are not a shareholder in the Company.
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
But as for the proposal made by Levin--to take a part as shareholder with his laborers in each agricultural undertaking-- at this the bailiff simply expressed a profound despondency, and offered no definite opinion, but began immediately talking of the urgent necessity of carrying the remaining sheaves of rye the next day, and of sending the men out for the second ploughing, so that Levin felt that this was not the time for discussing it.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
heart, or a shilling for a pair of chromolithographic pictures or delft figures to place on his mantelboard, suffered greater privation for the sake of possessing a work of art than the great landlord or shareholder who paid a thousand pounds, which he was too rich to miss, for a portrait that, like Hogarth's Jack Sheppard, was only interesting to students of criminal physiognomy.
An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
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