He seemed to be condescending to his companion. He read it with the same condescending tone with which it was written. His condescending tone was as annoying as the words. Jackson always picked some condescending nickname for her beaus. Myrtle would say, Bless your heart, to people in the most condescending way possible.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or institution (including a corporation) that legally owns a share of stock in a public or private corporation. Shareholders are the owners of a limited company.
Related Terms. An individual, group, or organization that owns one or more shares in a company, and in whose name the share certificate is issued. It is legal for a company to have only one shareholder. Also called (in the US) stockholder.