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
The private equity group offered 287p per Morrisons ordinary share, against a rival bid from Fortress, for 286p per share.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2021
The importance of this will be sufficiently obvious to any one who has had the ordinary share of vexatious experience in the use of such fixtures.
From Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual by L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine) Langstroth
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