equityholder

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noun

One who owns equity in a corporation or other business.

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Meanings

nounequityholder (plural equityholders)

plural equityholders

  1. businessOne who owns equity in a corporation or other business.

    While the economic and the legal status of equityholders has been much studied in the past, that status of debtholders has been poorly understood in the literature.

    1992 June 29, Hideki Kanda, “Debtholders and Equityholders”, in The Journal of Legal Studies

Origin

From equity + holder.

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APA

equityholder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equityholder

MLA

“equityholder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equityholder. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “equityholder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equityholder.

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