stock certificate

noun

1. a certificate evidencing ownership of one or more shares of stock in a corporation.

stock certificate

noun

1. See share certificate
   the US equivalent of share certificate

Word History and Origins

Origin of stock certificate¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

When this is done the share or stock certificate is usually accompanied by a blank transfer—that is, a transfer Blank transfers.

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Mr. Wallingford drew from his pocket a hundred-share stock certificate.

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You'll get a stock-certificate, which you may keep or tear up and throw into the waste-basket, just as you please.

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He felt the rustle of the stock certificate in his pocket as he took the pen.

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Bunny and Sue told about the porter and his dustpan, and Uncle Tad took from his pocket the green and gold oil stock certificate.

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