noun
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an owner of corporate capital stock
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a person who keeps livestock
Other Word Forms
- stockholding noun
Etymology
Origin of stockholder
Example Sentences
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The dynamic at play is this: If senior loans don’t see full repayment, then most certainly companies will see less money flow to their bottom line—where stockholders get paid.
From Barron's
Warner stockholders are expected to vote March 20.
From Los Angeles Times
The dividend is payable on March 30 to stockholders of record on March 13.
The agreement values Mister Car Wash at $3.1 billion and delivers stockholders a 29% premium to the average share price over the last 90 days.
From Barron's
In January, Kraft flagged in a regulatory filing that Berkshire, its biggest stockholder, could sell nearly all of its 325.6 million shares of the food company.
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