ordinary share

American  

noun

1. British. a share of common stock.

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Etymology

Origin of ordinary share

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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

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

Since then, it has restored payouts but the consensus estimate of a 2022 payout of 28 cents per ordinary share falls short of its historical payouts.

From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2022

The CD&R private equity group won the auction early in October with an offer of 287p per Morrisons ordinary share, against a rival bid from Fortress, for 286p per share.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2021

The schoolmaster, Lars Kaino, a one-armed fellow, with a more than ordinary share of acuteness and intelligence, came to request that I would take his portrait, offering to pay me for my trouble.

From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Taylor, Bayard