common stock
Americannoun
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stock that ordinarily has no preference in the matter of dividends or assets and represents the residual ownership of a corporate business.
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Animal Husbandry. stock that is not purebred.
noun
Etymology
Origin of common stock
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Underwriters of the deal are expected to have a 30-day option to buy up to $2.25 billion of additional common stock at the price at public offering, Intel said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
The company spent $349.6 million to repurchase 478 shares of Class A common stock at a weighted average price of $731,389.41 during the second quarter, with the bulk of those purchases coming in June.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026
The homebuilder said Friday that it agreed to acquire Beazer in an all-cash transaction, and would pay $33.50 for each share of the company’s common stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Now, under its new owners, EA’s common stock has stopped trading and will be delisted from NASDAQ.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
To secure his natural rights the individual deposits some of them—e.g. the right to judge in his own cause—in the common stock of society.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Moncure Daniel Conway
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