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.
Language that is so intense or exaggerated it must be read as meaning less than it literally states; a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used in the service of truth (ex: a beggar to one who drops a penny into the tin cup: I'm rich!) Understatement (litotes): saying less than one what really means.