stakeholder

See also: Stakeholder

English

Etymology

From stake +‎ holder.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪkˌhəʊl.də/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪkˌhoʊl.dɚ/

  • Audio (Texas):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈstæɪkˌhəʉl.də/, (some speakers) [ˈstæɪkˌhɐʉl.də]
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈstæɪkˌhɐʉl.də/
• Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)

Noun

stakeholder (plural stakeholders)

1. A person holding the stakes of bettors, with the responsibility of delivering the pot to the winner of the bet.
2. (law) A person such as a trustee, escrow agent or garnishee, who holds money or assets under trust for another party in a contractual agreement or as part of a claim.
3. (business) A person or organisation with a legitimate interest (a stake) in a given situation, action or enterprise.

   Hyponyms: shareholder, stockholder

   • 2019 October, Ruth Bagley tells James Abbott, “Crunch time for Heathrow western link”, in Modern Railways, page 74:

     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.

Usage notes

• (business) The business sense essentially contradicts the betting and legal definitions, meaning the term has become a contranym: it refers to one who has an interest in an issue, whereas the other senses refer to one who does not have an interest in the property held (i.e., one who is disinterested, in the "impartial" sense of that word). It has gained significant use since the 1990s, especially when discussing corporate governance, and is broader than stockholder because it includes other interests besides investment equity (for example, stockholders plus workers plus community members affected environmentally).

Derived terms

• multi-stakeholder
• multistakeholder
• multistakeholders
• stakeholder capitalism
• stakeholderism
• stakeholdership
• stakeholder society

Descendants

• → German: Stakeholder

Translations

bet holder

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賭注經紀人 / 赌注经纪人 (dǔzhù jīngjìrén)

• Finnish: vedonvälittäjä
• German: Wetteinsatzverwalter m
• Greek: θεματοφύλακας στοιχημάτων (thematofýlakas stoichimáton)
• Malay: pemegang taruh
• Polish: interesant (pl) m, interesantka f, interesariusz (pl) m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: apostador (es) m, baratero (es) m (chapas, juego de apuestas)

escrow agent

• Arabic: وكيل الضمان m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 代管代理 (dàiguǎn dàilǐ)

• Finnish: uskottu mies
• French: agent d'entiercement m
• German: Treuhänder m
• Hindi: निलंब एजेंट (nilamb ejeṇṭ)
• Malay: pemegang amanah harta
• Polish: bukmacher (pl) m
• Russian: попечи́тель (ru) m (popečítelʹ)
• Spanish: agente de depósito de garantía m

interpleader

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 交互訴訟 / 交互诉讼 (jiāohù sùsòng), 交互訴訟者 / 交互诉讼者 (jiāohù sùsòngzhě)

• Finnish: uskottu mies
• French: plaideur (fr) m
• German: Zwischenklage, Zwischenkläger m
• Hindi: इंटरप्लीडर (iṇṭraplīḍar)
• Japanese: 競合権利者 (きょうごうけんりもの, kyōgō kenri mono)
• Polish: bukmacher (pl) m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

person or organisation with a legitimate interest

• Catalan: part interessada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 持份者 (chífènzhě), 利益相關者 / 利益相关者 (lìyì xiāngguānzhě)

• Dutch: belanghebbende (nl)
• Estonian: osapool
• Finnish: sidosryhmä (fi)
• French: intervenant (fr) m, partie prenante (fr) f
• German: Stakeholder (de) m, Stakeholderin (de) f, Interessensgruppe (de) f, Interessenvertreter m, Interessensvertreter m, Interesseneigner m, Interessenträger (de) m, Anspruchsgruppe f, Anspruchsberechtigter m, Anspruchsperson f, interessierter Kreis m, interessierte Kreise m pl, relevanter Akteur m, Anteilseigner (de) m, Beteiligter (de) m, Projektbeteiligter m
• Hungarian: érintett (hu)
• Indonesian: pemilik kepentingan
• Italian: interessato (it), parte interessata
• Japanese: 利害関係者 (ja) (りがいかんけいしゃ, rigai kankeisha), ステークホルダー (ja) (sutēkuhorudā)
• Kazakh: стейкхолдер (steikxolder)
• Latin: manceps m or f
• Māori: kiripānga
• Persian: ذی‌نفع (fa) (zi-naf')
• Polish: interesant (pl) m, interesantka f, interesariusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: parte interessada f
• Russian: па́йщик (ru) m (pájščik), заинтересо́ванная сторона́ f (zainteresóvannaja storoná), (neologism) стейкхо́лдер (ru) m (stɛjkxóldɛr)
• Slovak: zainteresovaná strana
• Southern Altai: пайчы (payčï)
• Spanish: interesado económico m, interesado (es) m, partido interesado m, responsable (es) m, autor (es) m, interviniente m, tomaparte m
• Swahili: mshikadau (sw)
• Swedish: intressent (sv) c, berörda parter pl
• Welsh: rhanddeiliad m, budd-ddeiliad m

See also

• seat at the table

Verb

stakeholder (third-person singular simple present stakeholders, present participle stakeholdering, simple past and past participle stakeholdered)

1. (transitive, uncommon) To involve stakeholders in (a project, process, decision, etc.).
   • 2025 July 30, Terrence T. McDonald, “NJ has new regulations to protect against flooding — but Hollywood gets a pass”, in New Jersey Monitor‎^[2]:

     “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.

Further reading

• “stakeholder”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• stakeholder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia