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stakeholder, n.
Brit. |ˈsteɪkˌhəʊldə|, U.S. |ˈsteɪkˌ(h)oʊldər|
[‹ stake n.2 + holder n.1]
1. An independent person or organization with whom money is deposited, esp. when a number of people make a bet or other financial transaction.
1708Brit. Apollo No. 55. 2/1 Which will oblige Your Humble Servant Stake Holder. 1795Times 25 Apr. 3/2 The learned Counsel contended on the part of the Plaintiff, that is ought to be set aside, for although it did not appear in evidence that the Plaintiff had given notice to the Stakeholder not to pay it over, yet he did not pay it over till he had taken an indemnity. 1815Sporting Mag. 45 231 A Bank of England note, which was lodged in the hands of a stake-holder as a deposit. 1858Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law iv. 20 Where the deposit is directed to be paid to the auctioneer, he is entitled to retain it until the contract is completed,..because he is considered as a stakeholder or depository. 1890Amer. Anthropologist 3 262 Betting was heavy, the stakes being Indian trinkets of all kinds, and judges and stake-holders presided with a great deal of dignity. 1956T. O. Elias Nature Afr. Customary Law xii. 232 The tokens are handed to an elder, who acts as stakeholder. 2002New Republic (Nexis) 13 May 19 Churchill Downs turned to something called parimutuel betting... With bettors essentially betting against other bettors, the track simply acted as a stakeholder, holding the bets—and taking a standard cut out of each one.
2. A person, company, etc., with a concern or (esp. financial) interest in ensuring the success of an organization, business, system, etc.
1821Times 27 Dec. 2/3 We have ourselves..the opinions of respectable men, with whom we have no..interest in common, beyond that which belongs to all good subjects of the same Government, and stakeholders in one system of liberty, property, laws, morals, and national prosperity. 1941Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 49 520 Trustees were released from nearly all liability through use of ‘exculpatory’ clauses in trust indentures and became virtually ‘custodians’ or ‘stakeholders’ rather than true ‘trustees’. 1985Business Week 3 June 94/2 The oil giant had arranged to buy out two other major stakeholders, gaining majority control. 1993J. Kay Found. Corporate Success Pref. p. vii, I see the firm as a set of relationships between its various stakeholders—employees, customers, investors, shareholders. 2003Eurobusiness Aug.–Sept. 36/3 The consultation process is in line with what we promised to do—we have always said we wanted to check the workability of the system drawing on the views of all stakeholders.
Compounds. stakeholder economy n. orig. Brit. Polit. an economy regarded or conceived of as giving all members of society a stake in its success.
1994W. Hutton in Guardian 31 Oct. 10/5 Instead of the winner-take-all economy and polity, the aim should be a *stakeholder economy and polity in which all have an interest. 1996Daily Tel. 8 Jan. 4/1 Tony Blair will today begin to map out the main themes of Labour's campaign pitch for the next general election. He promises to develop a ‘stakeholder economy’ in which everyone can participate. 2003New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 13 Mar. 12 This will encourage more participation and, consequently, move the country closer to a stakeholder economy.
stakeholder pension n. Brit. Finance a government-regulated, low-cost private pension plan, intended for those without access to an occupational pension or higher-cost personal pensions.
1996Independent 27 Jan. 8 (headline) Labour to adopt ‘*stakeholder’ pension reform. 2000Observer 18 June (Cash section) 6/5 Stakeholder pension plans are available to employees who do not belong to an occupational pension scheme, the self-employed and..people with no earned income. 2002M2 Presswire (Nexis) 10 June Stakeholder pensions became available from 6 April 2001 and are intended to provide a low charge, privately-funded supplement to the basic state pension. |