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stakeholder

/ˈsteɪkhəʊldə/

B1CEFR level
35/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

A person or group with a legitimate interest in a company's conduct beyond its shareholders.

The revised duty requires directors to have regard to the interests of employees and other stakeholders.

Topic: Company & governance in Legal English

Business noun

Anyone with an interest in a business's outcome.

The plan balanced the interests of every stakeholder.

Similar: party, interested party

Origin: from 'stake' + 'holder'.

Topic: Governance in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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