ordinary stock
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ordinary stock
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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He dismissed the claims by investors who bought BP ordinary stock, saying his court has no jurisdiction over them.
From BusinessWeek • Feb. 13, 2012
His Galleon Group funds, they said, became a multibillion-dollar success at the expense of ordinary stock investors who didn't have advance notice of the earnings of public companies and of mergers and acquisitions.
From Salon • May 26, 2011
“But most of them are not common equity,” he said, referring to the definition of core capital set by the Basel committee, which mainly includes a bank’s ordinary stock and retained earnings.
From BusinessWeek • Apr. 7, 2011
We come from simple, ordinary stock, peasants, priests and a bishop.
From Time Magazine Archive
I then sold at £129 per share and invested in London and North-Western ordinary stock, which I was advised was more likely to rise than Midlands now were.
From The Way of All Flesh by Butler, Samuel
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