joint stock
Americannoun
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stock or capital divided into a number of shares.
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a pool of stock held in common.
noun
Etymology
Origin of joint stock
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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A joint stock company, much like a modern corporation, raised money for its ventures by selling shares to investors.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The first joint stock corporation in history, the company was established in 1600 to finance trade expeditions between India and England.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2020
At the center of shadow banking are the 12 nationally licensed joint stock banks and many of the more than 100 city commercial lenders which hold about a third of China’s commercial banking assets.
From Reuters ● Dec. 28, 2017
The city with the most joint stock companies per head of population, a measure of enterprise, was not London, but Cardiff, followed by Bradford and then London.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2012
When the Agricultural Revolution opened opportunities for the creation of crowded cities and mighty empires, people invented stories about great gods, motherlands and joint stock companies to provide the needed social links.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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