Definition of stakeholder
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Tensions over inequality have risen in San Francisco in recent years, and in 2014 stakeholders zeroed in on the fact that people were purchasing $4 toast as evidence that one-percenters were fueling an affordability crisis.
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In no other country would a conservative party develop a plan for health care that every major industry stakeholder calls completely unworkable.
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Wartzman says his institute’s namesake Peter Drucker was firmly in the stakeholder camp.
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The meeting marked the first time that stakeholders such as the Ramona Community Planning group, Caltrans, the cities of Poway and San Diego, the county parks department, and CalFire sat down to hammer out ideas.
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The EPA argued that the stay was reasonable because the previous administration hadn’t given all stakeholders due opportunity to comment on certain parts of the rules’ final wording.
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The early-2000s assessments were based on a Russia reset, the tide of wars receding, and China as a responsible stakeholder; none of those three planning parameters hold.
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver recently said no stakeholder in that process is happy with the status quo.
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Integrating all stakeholders in airport security into a single process with as few checkpoints as possible could be a good place to start.
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First Known Use of stakeholder
1708
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STAKEHOLDER Defined for English Language Learners
stakeholder
playDefinition of stakeholder for English Language Learners
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: a person or business that has invested money in something (such as a company)
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: a person who holds the money that people have bet on something and then gives it to the winner
Law Dictionary
stakeholder
playLegal Definition of stakeholder
1 : a person holding property or owing an obligation that is claimed by two or more adverse claimants and who has no claim to or interest in the property or obligation
2 : a person having an interest or share in a commercial undertaking
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