stakeholder

«stakeholder» in Mova's school dictionary: a person or group who is affected by something, such as a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a stakeholder, stakeholders)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) A stakeholder is a person or group who is affected by something, such as a plan or a business, and so cares how it turns out. tree →

2) (business, money) Someone who owns a share in a company or has money in it. tree →

3) (old use) A person who holds the money that people have bet, until the winner is known. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school and business talk «stakeholders» are everyone with an interest: pupils, parents and teachers are the stakeholders of a school. It is a stiff, office or exam word. Phrases: «key stakeholders», «consult the stakeholders», «all stakeholders».

examples

• Parents, pupils and teachers are all stakeholders in the school. tree →
• The council talked to local stakeholders before building the park. tree →
• A shop's stakeholders include its workers, customers and owners. tree →
• The report was sent to every stakeholder. tree →
• Farmers are big stakeholders in decisions about water. tree →
• Our project plan lists the stakeholders and what each one wants. tree →
• The company must listen to its stakeholders, not only its bosses. tree →

note

Countable, formal and business-like; in plain speech say «people who care about it» or «people affected». Often in the plural. Not the same as a shareholder (who owns shares), though shareholders are one kind of stakeholder.

In the corpora

• Stakeholders are everyone affected by a decision, including people and animals who are not in the room.
• Reading the case means finding the key facts and listing the stakeholders, everyone the choice affects.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stakeholder» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.