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# shareholder

noun (a shareholder, shareholders)

«shareholder» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (money) A person or organisation that owns shares (small parts) in a company, and so owns a small part of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shareholder/#m1)
2. Someone who may get a share of the company's profits, called dividends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shareholder/#m2)

### In the lessons

In money and economics lessons, a company can split its ownership into shares; shareholders buy them and hope the company does well so the shares grow in value. In the news, shareholders vote at meetings. In maths, if a profit of £1,000 is shared among 4 equal shareholders, each gets £250. Phrases: major shareholder, shareholders' meeting, shareholder vote.

### Examples

- Grandma is a shareholder in a big supermarket company. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shareholder/#x1)
- The shareholders voted for a new boss. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shareholder/#x2)
- Each shareholder got a dividend from the profits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shareholder/#x3)
- The biggest shareholder owns half the company. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shareholder/#x4)
- If 5 shareholders share £500 equally, each gets £100. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shareholder/#x5)
- Shareholders can lose money if the company does badly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shareholder/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Also called "stockholder" (US). In maths, each shareholder's part = profit ÷ shares × shares they own. Owning shares can make or lose money; it is not a sure thing.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shareholder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shareholder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shareholder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shareholder.html) on Mova free.