stakeholder

(stāk'hōl'dər)
n.

1. One who holds the bets in a game or contest.
2. One who has a share or an interest, as in an enterprise.

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Anyone who may be affected by a decision. Someone who has a stake in the outcome of a decision involving land or real property. Generally used to justify government regulations that affect rights to private property.


Example: The city defended its use of zoning by pointing out that the whole community were stakeholders in the use of private property, since how that property is used can affect the quality of life of everyone in the town.

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Two main senses, one more collective, the other more individual. In the first sense, one who has a stake in a business or a policy. In its modern usage, the word is deliberately contrasted with shareholder. A shareholder has a particular kind of stake, namely a share in capital. A stakeholder's stake may be labour, or land, or a consumer interest in the business or policy. Political writers who talk of a ‘stakeholder society’ therefore mean one in which interests over and above shareholders are effectively represented. The less well-defined the interest, the harder it is to see how the stake is to be claimed or protected. Workers' stake in a firm may be acknowledged in a supervisory board as in Germany and to a limited extent in the UK; but how are consumers' stakes to be claimed? Therefore, although in the early years of New Labour, there was much talk of a stakeholder society, it is hard to point to institutions that have changed as a consequence of such rhetoric.

In the second sense, the term is increasingly used in connection with new forms of social policy based on individualized assets/accounts (‘stakes’). In contemporary academic debate, this use of the term is exemplified by Bruce Ackerman and Anne Alstott's book, The Stakeholder Society (1999), which argues that each citizen (of the USA) should receive an $80,000 grant as of right on maturity. The New Labour government's proposals for a Child Trust Fund, while much more modest than the policy Ackerman-Alstott propose, can be seen as a clear example of a stakeholding policy in this second sense. Another example was the invention of ‘Stakeholder Pensions’ under the first Blair government: these were designed to be personal pensions for middle income people not in an employer's pension scheme.

“a third party chosen by two or more persons to keep in deposit property or money the right or possession of which is contested between them, and to be delivered to the one who shall establish his right to it.” 162 S.E. 2d 765, 770. See interpleader.

One who has a share or an interest in an enterprise.

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Stakeholders in a company may include shareholders, directors, management, suppliers, government, employees, and the community.

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See words rhyming with "stakeholder."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - bookmaker, person, der holder indsatser

Nederlands (Dutch)
belanghebber

Français (French)
n. - parieur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Interessengruppe, unparteiischer Wetteinsatzverwalter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θεματοφύλακας στοιχημάτων

Italiano (Italian)
fiduciario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - depositário (m)

Русский (Russian)
незаинтересованное лицо, которому участники пари вручают залог

Español (Spanish)
n. - tenedor de apuestas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vadförmedlare, vadinsamlare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
赌金保管者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 賭金保管者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 내기돈을 맡는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 賭け金の保管人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صاحب الحق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחזיק דמי ההימורים, אפיטרופוס, נאמן זמני, בעל מניות‬

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