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

Words nearby stock certificate

stock, stock and station agent, stock boy, stock buyback, stock car, stock certificate, stock character, stock clerk, stock company, stock culture, stock dividend
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Example sentences from the Web for stock certificate

  • 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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