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

Example Sentences

Strategy’s strategy has been to sell common stock, preferred, and debt to buy Bitcoin.

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On Thursday, Walmart said it will transfer the listing of its common stock to the Nasdaq, and start trading there on December 9.

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The $3 billion of converts can be swapped for common stock at $672 a share—which is way above the current stock price.

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But with the conversion prices out of the money on some of its larger deals, it faces the potential for a cash redemption barring a sharp rally in the common stock.

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He was doing nothing more promising than buying common stocks and nothing more complicated than sitting in a room reading financial statements.

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