Stockholder
['stɒkhəʊldə] or ['stɑk'holdɚ]
Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Shareholder.
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Examples
- Experimenting on the machine swallowed a great deal of capital, and the stockholders of the company he had formed became impatient. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Graham Bell, was one of the stockholders in the Phonograph Company, which paid Edison $10,000 cash and a 20 per cent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Edison invited the cooperation of his leading stockholders. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These parties now made arrangements with the stockholders or owners of the grant, and with me, to work the deposits by my process. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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