stakeholder

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsteɪkhəʊldər/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(stāk′hōl′dər)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
stake•hold•er  (stāk′hōl′dər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the holder of the stakes of a wager.
  2. a person or group that has an investment, share, or interest in something, as a business or industry.
  3. Lawmakinga person holding money or property to which two or more persons make rival claims.
  • stake2 + holder 1700–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
stakeholder /ˈsteɪkˌhəʊldə/ n
  1. a person or group owning a significant percentage of a company's shares
  2. a person or group not owning shares in an enterprise but affected by or having an interest in its operations, such as the employees, customers, local community, etc
 adj
  1. of or relating to policies intended to allow people to participate in and benefit from decisions made by enterprises in which they have a stake: a stakeholder economy
'stakeholder' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
retirement pension - stakeholder pension
Collocations: a [major, minor, dominant] stakeholder (in), [different, several, various] stakeholders, the [involvement, participation, interests] of stakeholders (in), more...

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