external stakeholder
noun [C]Definition
› anyone outside a particular company who is affected by its success or failure, for example, customers, companies that sell it supplies, or banks that lend it money: The CFO has always been in a delicate position, trying to balance internal and external stakeholders in the best interest of the corporation. → Compare internal stakeholder
(Definition of external stakeholder noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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