common stock
Americannoun
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stock that ordinarily has no preference in the matter of dividends or assets and represents the residual ownership of a corporate business.
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Animal Husbandry. stock that is not purebred.
noun
Etymology
Origin of common stock
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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The company said the amendment would provide the capacity to issue common stock “in connection with strategic transactions, including its proposed acquisition of eBay.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Strategy announced plans to repurchase up to $1 billion of its preferred shares and up to $1 billion of its Class A common stock to stem a loss of confidence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Strategy said Monday it would repurchase as much as $1 billion of its preferred shares and up to $1 billion of its Class A common stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
In an apparent about-face, Strategy disclosed on Monday a bitcoin monetization program that could include selling the cryptocurrency to build up its U.S. dollar reserves, as well as fund repurchases of common stock.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
It occurred to me that a collection of all such analogous facts would throw light either for or against the view of related species being co-descendants from a common stock.
From Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters by Darwin, Charles
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