stock certificate

noun

a certificate evidencing ownership of one or more shares of stock in a corporation.

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Origin of stock certificate

First recorded in 1860–65

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You'll get a stock-certificate, which you may keep or tear up and throw into the waste-basket, just as you please.
The City of Numbered Days|Francis Lynde

British Dictionary definitions for stock certificate

stock certificate

noun

the US equivalent of share certificate

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