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stockholder

/ˌstɑkˈhoʊldər/
/ˈstɒkhəʊldə/
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Other forms: stockholders

A stockholder is someone who has shares in a company. Stockholders own a piece of that company. If you’re a stockholder in the latest, greatest, financially sound new start-up company, your stock is probably worth a lot of money!

Stockholders are people who hold stocks — in other words, own shares — in a corporation. When you buy stocks, it's like buying part of the company. The more shares you buy, the more invested you are in a company. The value of the stock goes up when the company does well and goes down when the company does poorly, so stockholders want the company to succeed. If you want to become a stockholder, start following the stock market.

Definitions of stockholder
  1. noun
    someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation
    synonyms: shareholder, shareowner
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    types:
    stockholder of record
    the stockholder whose name is registered on the books of the corporation as owning the shares at a particular time
    type of:
    investor
    someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns
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