stockholder

noun

stock·​hold·​er ˈstäk-ˌhōl-dər 

: an owner of corporate stock

Examples of stockholder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tesla quarterly net income attributable to common stockholders Q1 2019–Q1 2025 The column chart shows Tesla’s net income attributable to common stockholders from Q1 2019 through Q1 2025. —Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025

Boycotts work for a few reasons, but one is that falling stock prices anger stockholders who demand that companies change. —Elizabeth Keifer, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2025

In a May 2022 letter to stockholders, a company affiliate forecast that Ruiz’s company would collect more than $10 billion in recoveries in 2024, with more than $3.2 billion going to the company before taxes. —Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025

While Booker did not offer evidence, the senator alluded that the White House could have been giving insider information to stockholders before Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs that were meant to begin last week. —Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stockholder

• beholder
• bondholder
• cardholder
• freeholder
• householder
• landholder
• leaseholder
• lienholder
• placeholder
• shareholder
• slaveholder
• smallholder

Kids Definition

stockholder

noun

stock·​hold·​er ˈstäk-ˌhōl-dər 

: an owner of stocks

Legal Definition

stockholder

noun

stock·​hold·​er

: an owner of corporate stock compare bondholder

stockholding noun or adjective