{
    "term": "shareholder",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an owner of shares in a company or business",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the major shareholders in the company"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Company shareholders approved the merger."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has attracted new and existing shareholders to invest in his company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was voicing the concerns of ordinary shareholders."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is still a majority shareholder in the industry."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "large", "major"],
                "verb + shareholder": ["defraud", "reward"],
                "shareholder + verb": ["vote", "approve"],
                "preposition": ["shareholder in"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃeəhəʊldə(r)/",
                "audio": "sh/shareholder/shareholder__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃerhəʊldər/",
                "audio": "sh/shareholder/shareholder__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}