shareholders

IPA/ˈʃeəˌhəʊl.dər/
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shareholders — noun

  • shareholderssingular
  • shareholdersesplural

1. An investor who holds shares in a business, earning a share of its profits and g

1.名詞B1
釋義

An investor who holds shares in a business, earning a share of its profits and getting voting rights on key company matters.

例句

The company's shareholders voted to approve the merger with a smaller competitor.

shareholders + voted + to-infinitive for corporate decisions

Feng has been a shareholder in the electric car company for more than ten years.

a shareholder in [company] + for [duration]

同義詞
  • stockholder

    More common in American English; identical in meaning to shareholder.

  • investor

    Broader term — an investor may hold bonds, property, or other assets, not only shares.

  • equity holder

    More formal, often used in legal or financial documents.

文法句型

shareholder + of + [company]

shareholder + in + [company]

用法筆記

When referring to a specific company, the prepositions 'of' and 'in' are both common: 'a shareholder of the bank' or 'a shareholder in the bank'. The plural form ('shareholders') is used much more frequently than the singular when talking about companies in general.

常見錯誤

❌Our employees are all shareholders while customers are stakeholders.
✅Our employees are all shareholders while customers are not.
💡A 'stakeholder' is anyone affected by a company's actions (employees, customers, the local community), while a 'shareholder' specifically owns shares.