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shareholder

noun [C]
 
 
/ˈʃeəˌhəʊl.dər/ US  /ˈʃerˌhoʊl.dɚ/ (mainly US stockholder)

Definition

a person who owns shares in a company and therefore gets part of the company's profits and the right to vote on how the company is controlled: Shareholders will be voting on the proposed merger of the companies next week.Financial investments and the stock market
(Definition of shareholder noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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