Stakeholder

Quick meaning: Stakeholder is a noun meaning A person holding the stakes of bettors, with the responsibility of delivering the pot to the winner of the bet.

Meaning

A person holding the stakes of bettors, with the responsibility of delivering the pot to the winner of the bet.

More Meanings

1. (business) A person or organisation with a legitimate interest (a stake) in a given situation, action or enterprise.
2. (transitive, uncommon) To involve stakeholders in (a project, process, decision, etc.).
3. (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.

Example Sentences

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.

“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.

Word Forms

• stakeholders
• stakeholdering
• stakeholdered

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include player, depositary, informant, provider, worker, participant.

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