ordinary stock

American  

noun

1. British.  common stock.

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Etymology

Origin of ordinary stock

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Ordinary stock market investors — you and me, that is, not the big pension funds and other institutions — have two main choices about where to put their money: actively managed mutual funds run by stock pickers claiming to know the magic incantations for finding the best stocks, or passively managed index funds that merely replicate the markets themselves.

From Los Angeles Times

The less liquid ordinary stock was up 9.3% and up 46.5% on the week in its best run since Volkswagen’s short squeeze in 2008.

From Reuters

Volkswagen’s ordinary stock in Germany, which unlike the preferential class of shares is tied to the ADRs, gained 15.5% in two sessions.

From Reuters

VW is proposing a dividend of 4.80 euros a share for ordinary stock, 90 cents more than for 2017.

From Reuters

Volkswagen issues two classes of stock: nonvoting preference shares and ordinary stock with voting rights attached.

From The Wall Street Journal