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Webster 1913 Edition

Shareholder

Share′holdˊer

(shâr′hōldˊẽr)

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Noun.

One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property.

Webster 1828 Edition

Shareholder

SHA'REHOLDER

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Noun.

[share and holder.] One that holds or owns a share in a joint fund or property.

One of the proprietors of the mine, who was a principle shareholder in the company, died. Med. Repos.

Definition 2024

shareholder

shareholder

English

Noun

shareholder ‎(plural shareholders)

One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.
Shareholders are the real owners of a publicly traded business, but management runs it.

Translations

one who owns shares of stock

Arabic: مُسَاهِم m ‎(musāhim)
Basque: akziodun
Belarusian: акцыянер m ‎(akcyjanjer)
Catalan: accionista m, f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 股東 (zh), 股东 (zh) ‎(gǔdōng)
Czech: akcionář m
Danish: aktionær (da) c, aktieejer c
Finnish: osakkeenomistaja (fi)
French: actionnaire (fr) m, f
Galician: accionista m, f
Georgian: მეპაიე ‎(meṗaie)
German: Aktionär (de) m
Greek: μέτοχος (el) m, f ‎(métochos)
Hungarian: részvényes (hu)
Indonesian: pemegang saham (id)
Italian: azionista (it)

Japanese: 株主 (ja) ‎(かぶぬし, kabunushi)
Korean: 주주 (ko) ‎(juju) (株主 (ko))
Lower Sorbian: akcionaŕ m
Maori: kaiwhaipānga
Norwegian: aksjonær (no), aksjeeier
Polish: akcjonariusz (pl) m
Portuguese: acionista (pt) m, f, accionista (pt) m, f
Russian: акционе́р (ru) m ‎(akcionér), акционе́рка (ru) f ‎(akcionérka), владе́лец а́кций m ‎(vladélec ákcij), владе́лица а́кций f ‎(vladélica ákcij), держа́тель а́кций m ‎(deržátelʹ ákcij), держа́тельница а́кций f ‎(deržátelʹnica ákcij)
Serbo-Croatian: diòničār (sh) m
Slovene: délničar
Spanish: accionista (es) m, f
Swahili: mweyehisa (sw)
Swedish: aktieägare (sv) c
Tagalog: kasapi
Ukrainian: акціонер (uk) m ‎(akcioner)
Vietnamese: cổ đông (vi) (股東), người có cổ phần