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Stockholder

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. One who owns a share or shares of stock in a company. Also called stockowner.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. One who owns stock.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One who is a holder or proprietor of stock in the public funds, or in the funds of a bank or other stock company.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who is a proprietor of stock in the public funds, or who holds some of the shares of a bank or other company.

n. A proprietor of stock, that is, of herds of cattle or flocks of sheep; a grazier.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation

Word Usage

"That rare breed, the long-term stockholder, has no recourse after losses or poor dividends, and the taxpayer is compelled to pick up the outstanding tab."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

investor

Hyponym

stockholder of record

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

shareholder

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

shareholder creditor bondholders lender depositors