Definition of Stockholder

1. Noun. Someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation.

Exact synonyms: Shareholder, Shareowner
Generic synonyms: Investor
Specialized synonyms: Stockholder Of Record

Definition of Stockholder

1. n. One who is a holder or proprietor of stock in the public funds, or in the funds of a bank or other stock company.

Definition of Stockholder

1. Noun. (finance) One who owns stock. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stockholder

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stockholder

stockcar
stockcars
stockdove
stockdoves
stocked
stocked with
stocken
stockens
stocker
stockers
stockfeed
stockfish
stockfishes
stockgrower
stockgrowers
stockholder (current term)
stockholder of record
stockholders
stockholders meeting
stockholding
stockholdings
stockhorn
stockier
stockiest
stockily
stockin'
stockin's
stockiness
stockinesses
stockinet

Literary usage of Stockholder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1919)
"stockholder—RIGHT TO SET OFF DEBT—LIABILITY. denied where, so far as appears, the creditor was suing for his own benefit.8 In an action by a creditor, ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"70), which makes the statutory individual liability of a stockholder in an insolvent corporation an asset of such corporation, "to be enforced by the ..."

3. Cyclopedia of the Law of Private Corporations by William Meade Fletcher (1920)
"Service upon a stockholder of a foreign corporation. In some of the states it is provided that service of process under certain circumstances may be made ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... and was published to the world as • stockholder thereof by its officers, and took no action to contradict the assertion that he was such stockholder, ..."

5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1906)
"And this is emphasized, since the new stockholder becomes ratably liable ... 448, the principle controlling the question of the liability of a stockholder ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Where each stockholder of a bank IB bound for the debts In proportion to Ыв stock, ... In such case, a creditor of the bank cannot им a stockholder at law, ..."

7. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"All stockholders, see "All." A stockholder Is the owner of his shares absolutely, ... A "stockholder" is one owning stock. One whose shares of stock in a ..."

8. Commentaries on the Law of Private Corporations by Seymour Dwight Thompson (1895)
"When a single stockholder may 4570. Distinction between the Fed- sue, ... Whether stockholder must have 4573. Doctrine that a person not a been such at the ..."

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