shareholder
pronunciation
How to pronounce shareholder in British English:
UK [ˈʃeəhəʊldə(r)]
How to pronounce shareholder in American English:
US [ˈʃerhoʊldə(r)]
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- Noun:
- someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation
Word Origin
- shareholder (n.)
- c. 1830, from share (n.1) in the financial sense + agent noun from hold (v.).
Example
- 1. The plan is subject to shareholder and regulatory approval .
- 2. Mr dey remains the majority shareholder .
- 3. Shareholder votes are seldom this damning .
- 4. Chinalco is rio 's largest shareholder .
- 5. Hearings began in germany 's biggest shareholder lawsuit .