shareholding
- noun
- /ˈʃɛrˌhoʊldɪŋ/
- She decided to increase her shareholding to have more influence over company decisions.
- shareholding company
- shareholding system
- increase in shareholdings
Examples
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His shareholding in the startup gave him a seat on the board of directors.
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Market socialists are aware that a number of institutional innovations are required before the shareholding system can function properly.
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Among various options, market socialists favor the shareholding system.
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A strong union with shareholdings would have never allowed that to be possible.
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The Chinese market socialists have generally failed to realize that the shareholding system is not the only way of creating efficient and responsible management.
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Thus, the transferability of ownership rights through a stock market is crucial to the health of the shareholding system.
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Nevertheless, the shareholding system is the one that market socialists believe would bring the state sector out of trouble.
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The higher the promoter shareholding, the lesser the debt to equity ratio will be.
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In the West, the shareholding company emerged as a device to pool capital and to disperse risks.
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Shareholders in the company would very likely see their shareholding significantly diluted.
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Synonyms
A share in a business or project
A thing like property owned by a person, company, or organization
Shares that a person or group owns in a company
The total number of shares a person or company owns
Antonyms
How Much
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word shareholding comes from the simple words share ('a part') and holding ('to keep'), so it literally means 'keeping parts' of a company and explains why it refers to owning shares.