Meanings
nounstakeholder (plural stakeholders)
plural stakeholders
- A person holding the stakes of bettors, with the responsibility of delivering the pot to the winner of the bet.
- businessA person or organisation with a legitimate interest (a stake) in a given situation, action or enterprise.
Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce (TVCC) and other stakeholders are now increasingly concerned about the risks of delay and urging progress on a project with a strong economic, commercial and environmental case.
2019 October, Ruth Bagley tells James Abbott, “Crunch time for Heathrow western link”, in Modern Railways, page 74
verbstakeholder (third-person singular simple present stakeholders, present participle stakeholdering, simple past and past participle stakeholdered)
present singular third person stakeholders · participle present stakeholdering · participle past stakeholdered · past stakeholdered
- transitiveuncommonTo involve stakeholders in (a project, process, decision, etc.).
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“To carve out something like Netflix, an economic development endeavor we support, or any business development or affordable housing project, highlights a larger problem with this proposal — that it was not thought out well and was not sufficiently stakeholdered before it was proposed,” he [Ray Cantor] said.
2025 July 30, Terrence T. McDonald, “NJ has new regulations to protect against flooding — but Hollywood gets a pass”, in New Jersey Monitor
Origin
Translations
Arabic وكيل الضمان
- وكيل الضمانescrow agent
Catalan part interessada
- part interessadaperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Chinese Mandarin 賭注經紀人 /赌注经纪人, 代管代理
- 賭注經紀人 /赌注经纪人 (dǔzhù jīngjìrén)bet holder
- 代管代理 (dàiguǎn dàilǐ)escrow agent
- 交互訴訟 /交互诉讼 (jiāohù sùsòng)interpleader
- 交互訴訟者 /交互诉讼者 (jiāohù sùsòngzhě)interpleader
- 持份者 (chífènzhě)person or organisation with a legitimate interest
- 利益相關者 /利益相关者 (lìyì xiāngguānzhě)person or organisation with a legitimate interest
Dutch belanghebbende
- belanghebbendeperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Estonian osapool
- osapoolperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Finnish vedonvälittäjä, uskottu mies
- vedonvälittäjäbet holder
- uskottu miesescrow agent
- uskottu miesinterpleader
- sidosryhmäperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
French agent d'entiercement, plaideur
- agent d'entiercementescrow agent
- plaideurinterpleader
- intervenantperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- partie prenanteperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
German Wetteinsatzverwalter, Treuhänder
- Wetteinsatzverwalterbet holder
- Treuhänderescrow agent
- Zwischenklageinterpleader
- Zwischenklägerinterpleader
- Stakeholderperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- Stakeholderinperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- Interessensgruppeperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- Interessenvertreterperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- Interessensvertreterperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- Interesseneignerperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- Interessenträgerperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- Anspruchsgruppeperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Greek θεματοφύλακας στοιχημάτων
- θεματοφύλακας στοιχημάτων (thematofýlakas stoichimáton)bet holder
Hindi निलंब एजेंट, इंटरप्लीडर
- निलंब एजेंट (nilamb ejeṇṭ)escrow agent
- इंटरप्लीडर (iṇṭraplīḍar)interpleader
Hungarian érintett
- érintettperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Indonesian pemilik kepentingan
- pemilik kepentinganperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Italian interessato, parte interessata
- interessatoperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- parte interessataperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Japanese 競合権利者, 利害関係者
- 競合権利者 (kyōgō kenri mono)interpleader
- 利害関係者 (rigai kankeisha)person or organisation with a legitimate interest
- ステークホルダー (sutēkuhorudā)person or organisation with a legitimate interest
Latin manceps
- mancepsperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Malay pemegang taruh, pemegang amanah harta
- pemegang taruhbet holder
- pemegang amanah hartaescrow agent
Māori kiripānga
- kiripāngaperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Persian ذینفع
- ذینفع (zi-naf')person or organisation with a legitimate interest
Polish interesant, interesantka
- interesantbet holder
- interesantkabet holder
- interesariuszbet holder
- bukmacherescrow agent
- bukmacherinterpleader
- interesantperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- interesantkaperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- interesariuszperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Portuguese parte interessada
- parte interessadaperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Russian попечи́тель, па́йщик
- попечи́тель (popečítelʹ)escrow agent
- па́йщик (pájščik)person or organisation with a legitimate interest
- заинтересо́ванная сторона́ (zainteresóvannaja storoná)person or organisation with a legitimate interest
- стейкхо́лдер (stɛjkxóldɛr)person or organisation with a legitimate interest
Slovak zainteresovaná strana
- zainteresovaná stranaperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Spanish apostador, baratero (chapas, juego de apuestas)
- apostadorbet holder
- baratero (chapas, juego de apuestas)bet holder
- agente de depósito de garantíaescrow agent
- interesado económicoperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- interesadoperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- partido interesadoperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- responsableperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- autorperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- intervinienteperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- tomaparteperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Swahili mshikadau
- mshikadauperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Swedish intressent, berörda parter
- intressentperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- berörda parterperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Welsh rhanddeiliad, budd-ddeiliad
- rhanddeiliadperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
- budd-ddeiliadperson or organisation with a legitimate interest
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with stakeholder
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APA
stakeholder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stakeholder
MLA
“stakeholder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stakeholder. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stakeholder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stakeholder.
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