Noun

(en noun)

(finance) An owner of a beneficial interest ("unit") in a financial entity such as an investment trust.

*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 7, author=Conrad De Aenlle, title=Some Experts at Timing Go for Cash, work=New York Times citation

, passage=Its portfolios have returned more than 20 percent a year after fees for two decades, and those fees — which produce the profits that unitholders have a stake in — have been ample.}}