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shareholder

American  
[shair-hohl-der] / ˈʃɛərˌhoʊl dər /

noun

  1. a holder or owner of shares, share, especially in a company or corporation.

shareholder British  
/ ˈʃɛəˌhəʊldə /

noun

  1. the owner of one or more shares in a company

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • nonshareholder noun
  • shareholding noun

Etymology

Origin of shareholder

First recorded in 1785–95; share 1 + holder

Example Sentences

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Greg Abel has told shareholders that he plans to follow Warren Buffett’s blueprint as he starts his own era at Berkshire Hathaway.

From The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. activist investor said Monday that it believed that the new terms, which followed months of discussions between the firm and Toyota group companies, represented an improved outcome for minority shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal

Abel said in his first letter to shareholders Saturday that he plans to follow the blueprint that Warren Buffett began mapping decades ago to transform a struggling textile company into a sprawling conglomerate.

From The Wall Street Journal

Block CEO Jack Dorsey’s shareholder letter pointed to “intelligence tools” as helping the company do more with a dramatically smaller number of employees.

From MarketWatch

Abel assured shareholders that the way decisions are made, and how capital is allocated under his watch, will continue on the path set by Buffett “into perpetuity.”

From MarketWatch

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