common stock

noun

1. stock that ordinarily has no preference in the matter of dividends or assets and represents the residual ownership of a corporate business.

2. Animal Husbandry.,  stock that is not purebred.

common stock

noun

1. the US name for ordinary shares

Word History and Origins

Origin of common stock¹

First recorded in 1840–50

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