joint stock
Americannoun
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stock or capital divided into a number of shares.
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a pool of stock held in common.
noun
Etymology
Origin of joint stock
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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After Hudson returned to Europe, the Dutch West India Company, a joint stock company much like the Virginia Company, made plans to set up a small colony in North America.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
He warned that a new innovation, the joint stock company, skewed incentives because those who run a company aren’t the ones who own it.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2013
The city with the most joint stock companies per head of population, a measure of enterprise, was not London, but Cardiff, followed by Bradford and then London.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2012
The country's small to mid-sized banks, particularly the joint stock banks, will be in focus next year, as many of them need to increase their capital, Kelly Wong of Ho Chi Minh Securities Corp said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2011
When the Agricultural Revolution opened opportunities for the creation of crowded cities and mighty empires, people invented stories about great gods, motherlands and joint stock companies to provide the needed social links.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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