स्टैक होना याने साझेदारी होना. इसलिए स्टैकहोल्डर को साझेदार कहा जाता है.

Stakeholder is commonly called पणधारी in Hindi. This hindi equivalent is frequently used in the official terminology of the goverment of India.

The dictionary meanings of the word stake are: दाँव, पण, जोखिम, बाजी, खतरी, आर्थिक लगाव, and the stakeholder means पणधारी or पणधारक i.e. मध्यस्थ व्यक्ति (जिसके पास बाजी का रूपया जमा किया जाता हो) The term stakeholder, as traditionally used in the English language in law and notably gambling, is a third party who
temporarily holds money or property while its owner is still being determined.
The stakeholder concept states that a company's responsibilities are to all of its stakeholders. Stakeholders are people who affect, and are affected by, the company. ...

The term stakeholder, as traditionally used in the English language in law and notably gambling, is a third party who temporarily holds money or property while its owner is still being determined.

More recently a very different meaning of the term has become widely used in management. In a business context, a "stakeholder" is a person or organization that has a legitimate interest in a project or entity. The new use of the term arose together with and due to the spread of corporate social responsibility ideas, but there are also utilitarian and traditional business goals that are served by the new meaning of the term (see Stakeholder theory and below).
Stakeholder Examples of interests
Owners private/shareholders Profit, Performance, Direction
Government Taxation, VAT, Legislation
Senior Management staff Performance, Targets
Non-Managerial staff Rates of pay, Job security
Trade Unions Working conditions, Minimum wage
Customers Value, Quality, Customer Care
Creditors Credit score, new contracts, Liquidity
Local Community Jobs, Involvement, Environmental issues, Shares


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