ordinary shares

plural noun

1. shares representing part of the capital issued by a company and entitling their holders to a dividend that varies according to the prosperity of the company, to vote at all meetings of members, and to a claim on the net assets of the company, after the holders of preference shares have been paid US equivalentcommon stock Compare preference shares See also A shares

Example Sentences

The investing public does not benefit by the big dividend on the ordinary shares.

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The ordinary shares (which we believe are held privately) only amount to a little over £83,000.

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They have nothing to do with the movement of the ordinary shares.

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Related Words

• common shares