The most straightforward job of the shareholder is to provide funds. In practice, however, it isnât straightforward at all. Corporations do need capital to invest in growth, but they donât get it in aggregate from shareholders.
Noun. 1. understatement-a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said. statement-a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; according to his statement he was in London on that day.
noun. Ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary (e.g. I shanât be sorry for I shall be glad). Example sentences. 1  Yet this definition fails to explain instances of litotes, or understatement, which is often classified as a kind of irony. Yet this definition fails to explain instances of litotes, or understatement, which is often classified as a kind of irony. 2  First one must register his anti-Idealism, his antipathy toward the idea becoming metonymical litotes for such.