ordinary share
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ordinary share
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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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
The company proposed a dividend of 2.56 euros per preference share and 2,554 euros per ordinary share.
From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 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
It was a colder night than usual, when the Woman was crying very bitterly and the hyena was doing more than his ordinary share of scoffing, that the idea occurred to the Man.
From Christmas Outside of Eden by Dawson, Coningsby
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