common stock

American  

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.

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common stock British  

noun

1. the US name for ordinary shares

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Etymology

Origin of common stock

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Those returns can rival and exceed common stock dividends, which generate as much as 50% of historical stock returns.

From Barron's

Investors in the companies’ common stock, which trades on OTC Markets, are eager for news after the administration floated the possibility of a new public offering in 2025.

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His holdings include previously reported shares of common stock underlying restricted stock units, which are subject to certain vesting conditions.

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“If you understand businesses, you understand common stocks.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Strategy sold $108.8 million in Class A common stock, with $11.7 billion remaining for issuance, to fund its latest Bitcoin acquisition.

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Related Words

• common shares
• ordinary shares