stockholder

Compared meaning: a person who owns shares in a company (noun).

比较义项：股东（n.）。

• shareholder

  The more international and British English term; used worldwide in company law, finance news, and by firms outside the US, regardless of whether shares are certificated.

  更国际化、更英式的说法；广泛用于公司法、财经新闻，以及美国以外的公司，不论股份是否以证书形式存在。

  As a UK-listed company, we hold our annual shareholder meeting in London every March.

  作为一家英国上市公司，我们每年三月在伦敦举行年度股东大会。

• stockholder 本词

  The more American English term, tied to owning corporate 'stock'; common in US legal, financial, and corporate documents rather than everyday international usage.

  更美式的说法，与拥有公司“股票（stock）”相关；常见于美国的法律、金融和公司文件，而非日常国际通用场合。

  The corporation mailed its quarterly stockholder report to every investor in New York.

  这家公司把季度股东报告寄给了纽约的每一位投资者。

Shareholder and stockholder both mean a person who owns shares in a company; the meaning is almost the same. The difference is regional: shareholder is more international and British, used in company law and finance. Stockholder is more American, common in US legal documents.

这两个词都指“持有公司股份的人”，含义几乎相同，区别主要在地域用法：shareholder 是英式英语及国际通用词，stockholder 更常见于美式英语。二者可比较的仅是这一义项，没有需要排除的其他义项。