floating stock
Americannoun
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The stock market plunge has also prompted some cutting back in the spending plans of small companies that had hoped to raise capital by floating stock issues.
From Time Magazine Archive
Daimler-Benz has 93% of its stock in the hands of institutions and other companies; in the past month, buyers of small amounts of floating stock propelled the price from $243 to $363 within ten days.
From Time Magazine Archive
Major corporations as well as newcomers will increasingly have to raise fresh capital by floating stock issues�and the issues would not sell well in a bear market.
From Time Magazine Archive
He took a high hand at the bank—bought up all the floating stock and only recently was made the president.
From The Hills of Refuge A Novel by Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel)
The crazy little machine which he now undertook to exploit did not interest him as a means of collecting tolls, floating stock, and paying dividends.
From The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry by Hendrick, Burton Jesse
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