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Vinony

shareholder

noun

  1. individual or organization that owns part of a corporation through shares of its stock
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Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛəˌhəʊl.də(ɹ)/ / /ˈʃɛɹˌhoʊl.dɚ/ / /ˈʃeːˌhəʉl.də(ɹ)/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English share Proto-Germanic *haldaną Proto-West Germanic *haldan Old English healdan Middle English holden English hold Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English holder English shareholder From share + holder.

  1. One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.

    “Shareholders are the real owners of a publicly traded business, but management runs it.”

    “Hudson personally would not face the music at that meeting and the business could hardly proceed for groans and hisses and cries of "Hudson! Hudson! Why is Hudson not here?" and so the ungrateful shareholders to whom Hudson had generously paid dividends out of their own capital cast out Hudson bag and baggage, including therein the agreement with the Newmarket Railway.”