stockholder C2+ Topic:Business & Commerce US /ˈstɑkˌhoʊldɚ/ UK /ˈstɒkˌhəʊldə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun an owner of shares in a company; a shareholder Every stockholder received a dividend at year's end. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an owner of shares in a... shareholderinvestorstakeholdershareowner Word family Related forms stockholdershareholder Etymology AI details A compound of 'stock' (Old English 'stocc', a tree-trunk, later capital fund) and 'holder' (one who holds), denoting an owner of company shares. stocc Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Business & Commerce Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # stockholder **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈstɑkˌhoʊldɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈstɒkˌhəʊldə/ ## Meanings 1. an owner of shares in a company; a shareholder ## Examples - Every stockholder received a dividend at year's end. ## Synonyms - shareholder - investor - stakeholder - shareowner ## Related Forms - stock - holder - shareholder ## Roots and Affixes - Root: stocc ## Etymology A compound of 'stock' (Old English 'stocc', a tree-trunk, later capital fund) and 'holder' (one who holds), denoting an owner of company shares. ## AI Etymology Stockholder is a compound of 'stock' (Old English 'stocc', a tree-trunk, later capital fund) and 'holder' (one who holds), denoting an owner of company shares. Important recorded forms include stocc (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The semantic development is already visible in the history: an older concrete or specialized use was extended into the modern meaning rather than replaced by a separate origin. In current use it covers an owner of shares in a company; a shareholder. The wider family includes related words such as stock, holder, and shareholder. ## Topics - Business & Commerce - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown