equity stake

noun [C] FINANCE

Definition

› the part of a company that a person or organization owns, represented by the number of shares they have: Investors provide capital in exchange for equity stakes.take/acquire/have an equity stake (in sth) The investment bank intends to take an equity stake in the firm as part of its involvement with the takeover. a small/large/significant equity stake → See also shareholding

(Definition of equity stake noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)