stock certificate

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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

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How to use stock certificate in a sentence

When this is done the share or stock certificate is usually accompanied by a blank transfer—that is, a transfer Blank transfers.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7|Various
Mr. Wallingford drew from his pocket a hundred-share stock certificate.
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford|George Randolph Chester
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
He felt the rustle of the stock certificate in his pocket as he took the pen.
Ned Wilding's Disappearance|Allen Chapman

Bunny and Sue told about the porter and his dustpan, and Uncle Tad took from his pocket the green and gold oil stock certificate.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South|Laura Lee Hope

British Dictionary definitions for stock certificate

stock certificate

noun

the US equivalent of share certificate

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