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noun

a certificate of deposit issued by a credit union.

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Origin of share certificate

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby share certificate

shard, Shardana, share, share account, share and share alike, share certificate, sharecrop, sharecropper, sharecropping, shared-appreciation mortgage, shared care

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How to use share certificate in a sentence

Cosby conspiracy theorists share a perspective born of a long, pained history of American racism.
Phylicia Rashad and the Cult of Cosby Truthers|Stereo Williams|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We have to share those feelings of concern that the people are feeling.
Mexico’s Priests Are Marked for Murder|Jason McGahan|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Bachner said it had been hard to introduce his work ethic and share his vision with the locals and his team.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech|Liza Foreman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Getting men to do their share of care and domestic work is a key overlooked strategy in reducing poverty.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Perhaps it always seems that way at the time, but surely we face our fair share right now.
In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The foster-child remained behind to share the hut of the political exile.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
From the point of view of cover, the gold certificate is completely inelastic.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Rent, the share of the land-owner, offered to the classicist a rather peculiar case.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Murat, who had earnestly begged to be allowed to share the Austrian campaign of 1809, was delighted to serve in person.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
It is almost unnecessary to add, that the porter had his share well paid, and that the fisherman got the full value for his prize.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various

British Dictionary definitions for share certificate

share certificate

noun

a document issued by a company certifying ownership of one or more of its sharesUS equivalent: stock certificate

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