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shareholder|ˈʃɛəˌhəʊldə(r)|
[f. share n.3 + holder1.]
One who owns or holds a share or shares in a joint-stock company, or other joint fund or property.
18..Med. Repos. (Webster 1828–32), One of the proprietors of the mine..was a principal shareholder in the company. 1841Thackeray Gt. Hoggarty Diam. vi, Are you insured as a shareholder in the West Diddlesex? 1872R. B. Smyth Min. & Min. Statist. 55 The company consisted of ten working shareholders. 1876F. S. Williams Midl. Railw. iii. 70 The shareholders of the..Midland Railway Company. 1912Times 19 Dec. 18/5 The preference shareholders would be entitled to half the profits after payment of the preferential dividend.
Hence ˈshareholdership, the fact or condition of being a shareholder. ˈshareholding ppl. a., that possesses shares. ˈshareholding vbl. n., the possession of shares; also pl., the shares held by a person in various undertakings.
1859Lever Dav. Dunn xli. 331 Our scheme is a great shareholding company. 1866Standard 27 Aug. 4/7 Other..matters..must be brought before the shareholding body. 1902Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Mar. 4/3 A syndicate..has been privately formed for..taking over the whole of Mr. Rhodes's shareholdings. 1904Edin. Rev. Oct. 348 The right to participate in this wealth—shareholdership, in fact, in this joint-stock concern, the commerce of Venice—was strictly defined and limited. |