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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A shareholder in a joint-stock company; one who owns actions (see action, 12) or shares of stock. Also called actionist.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Com.), obsolete A shareholder in joint-stock company.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun business, obsolete A shareholder in a joint-stock company.

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Compare French actionnaire.

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