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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The medium is made of such uncommon stuff; she has not a particle of brass in her composition.
From Cecilia de Noël by Falconer, Lanoe
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