shareholder

UK/ˈʃɛəˌhəʊl.də(ɹ)/US/ˈʃɛɹˌhoʊl.dɚ/

nounC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,457 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: shareholders

A shareholder is somebody who owns shares in a company and so owns part of it. Major shareholders, a shareholder meeting, shareholders voted against it.

Owning shares brings a vote at the annual general meeting and a claim on dividends when profits are shared out. Shareholder is the British term and stockholder the American, for the same thing. Shareholder value is the phrase used to describe running a company primarily in the owners' financial interest — a contested idea, often set against stakeholder, which means everybody affected: staff, customers, neighbours.

Definitions of shareholder

1nounshareholderSomebody who owns shares in a company.C1
“The largest shareholder holds about a fifth of it.”
synonyms: stockholder

shareholder is a part owner of a company.

Also accepted in games: stockholder

Where it comes from

From share + holder.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Work & Careers, Business & Money

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shareholder in the wild

Typically, such a plan gives shareholders the right to buy more shares at a discount if one shareholder buys a certain percentage or more of the company's shares.
Shareholder rights plan
If all other shareholders can buy more shares at a discount, such purchases would dilute the bidder's interest, and the bid cost would rise substantially.
Shareholder rights plan
Both public companies and private corporation have shareholders.
Shareholder
The board of directors of a corporation generally governs a corporation for the benefit of shareholders.
Shareholder
Shareholder activism is a form of activism in which shareholders use equity stakes in a corporation to put pressure on its management.
Shareholder activism

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