/ ˈsteɪkhəʊldə(r); NAmE -hoʊ-/ noun
1.
a person or company that is involved in a particular organization, project, system, etc., especially because they have invested money in it :
The government has said it wants to create a stakeholder economy in which all members of society feel that they have an interest in its success.
2.
a person who holds all the bets placed on a game or race and who pays the money to the winner