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

Convertible bonds pay interest and offer stock upside, although usually not as much as common stocks.

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The bailout of the firms gave the Treasury Department warrants to purchase about 80% of their common stock, as well as senior preferred shares.

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Class B common stock, will fund the new trust.

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Stock in both companies remains in private hands, but warrants allow the government to acquire up to 79.9% of the common stock of each.

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“Any such sales could cause the price of our common stock to decline further,” the company said in its 2024 annual report.

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