stakeholder
noun
Simple meaning
A person or organisation with a legitimate interest in a given situation, action or enterprise.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
staykhohlderSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈsteɪkhoʊldɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
business
A person or organisation with a legitimate interest (a stake) in a given situation, action or enterprise.
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.
A person holding the stakes of bettors, with the responsibility of delivering the pot to the winner of the bet.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A person or organisation with a legitimate interest (a stake) in a given situation, action or enterprise.
Used this way, stakeholder is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in business or professional contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Business/professional
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use stakeholder
- “Every stakeholder needs to agree on the new business strategy.”noun
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