stockholder

[ stok-hohl-der ]

/ ˈstɒkˌhoʊl dər /

Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.

Australian. an owner of livestock, as a rancher.

Origin of stockholder

First recorded in 1745–55; stock + holder

Stockholders get less than they paid for their shares, and may wind up with nothing.

Cyprus’s Emotionally Satisfying, But Likely Ineffective ‘Bail-in’ |Daniel Gross |March 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Now GM, its stockholders, dealers, workers, indeed, the entire nation, are paying the price of this timidity.

Was Firing Rick Wagoner Just for Show? |Paul A. Eisenstein |April 4, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Margin calls greased the slide as stockholders were unable to deliver.

What the Richest Men in the World Don't Know |Barbara Goldsmith |January 23, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The private property of stockholders shall be exempt from any and all debts of this Corporation.

The Harris-Ingram Experiment |Charles E. Bolton

The object—and duty—of the officers of pharmaceutical houses is primarily to pay dividends to their stockholders.

The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2 |Various
But apparently this trod upon the toes of too many ambitious Virginians, for the word "stockholders" was stricken out.

The Life of John Marshall (Volume 2 of 4) |Albert J. Beveridge
The director general at the expense of the stockholders built himself a house costing $100,000.

The Panama Canal |Frederic Jennings Haskin
And now you have got to face a body of stockholders from whom you have lured thousands of dollars by your misrepresentations.

Carmen Ariza |Charles Francis Stocking

stockholder

/ (ˈstɒkˌhəʊldə) /

an owner of corporate capital stock

Australian a person who keeps livestock

stockholding, noun

stockholders

The persons or corporations holding stock in a corporation.