floating stock
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
Even if he had sold out half his own interest he would have felt secure, seeing that all the floating stock was within his voting control.
From A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs by Eggleston, George Cary
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)
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