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noun
the total stock authorized or issued by a corporation.
the book value of the outstanding shares of a corporation, including retained earnings and amounts paid in by stockholders.
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Origin of capital stock
First recorded in 1890–95
Words nearby capital stock
capital offense,
capital outlay,
capital punishment,
capital resources,
capital ship,
capital stock,
capital structure,
capital sum,
capital surplus,
capital transfer tax,
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How to use capital stock in a sentence
Gunshots rang out in Paris this morning on a second day of deadly violence that has stunned the French capital.
In our headlong quest for a legally perfect society, we don’t take the time to take stock of what‘s been created so far.
The mistletoe must have been hanging right across the aisle on Capital Hill.
The second major split between the capital and the court occurred over oral care.
Ah, gay Paree—the French capital has practically announced its own LGBT friendliness since the Belle Époque.
"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.
When we speak against one capital vice, we ought to speak against its opposite; the middle betwixt both is the point for virtue.
The moon rose on a terrified mob trudging or riding the forty miles of road between Meerut and the Mogul capital.
It is the quiet chef lieu of the Allier, and was once the capital of the Bourbonnais.
Neither privately owned nor government stock is entitled to voting power.
British Dictionary definitions for capital stock
noun
the par value of the total share capital that a company is authorized to issue
the total physical capital existing in an economy at any moment of time
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