ordinary share
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ordinary share
First recorded in 1865–70
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The company proposed a dividend of 5.20 euros an ordinary share and 5.26 euros a preferred share, down from the 6.30 euros and 6.36 euros it paid in the previous year, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Dividends are to increase by 1.20 euros per share, rising to 8.70 euros per ordinary share and to 8.76 euros per preferred share.
From Reuters ● Mar. 3, 2023
I admired, more than I enjoyed, this folk-horror fable set in the lush rural landscapes of 19th-century Macedonia, where the supernatural and the ordinary share a fraught coexistence.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
It also said it would increase its first quarter 2013 dividend to $0.45 per ordinary share, up 5% from last year.
From BBC ● May 2, 2013
Descending an incline, with a more than ordinary share of the body-weight thus thrown upon the heels, the lameness is most marked.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
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