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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His holdings are now at around $62,000, including Strategy’s common stock and related options contracts and exchange-traded funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Still, the common stock is nearly 80% off its record high in 2024, while Stretch is 12% below its par value of $100.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Strategy had previously been issuing preferred stock and selling common stock to raise money to buy and hold bitcoin.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Strategy said plans to buy back $1 billion worth of Digital Credit Securities, which refers to its preferred stocks, and to repurchase $1 billion of common stock.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Contribū′tion, a collection: a levy or charge imposed upon a people: anything furnished to a common stock: a written composition supplied to a jointly written book, newspaper, &c.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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