CAPITAL STOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capital stock mean? 

• CAPITAL STOCK (noun)
  The noun CAPITAL STOCK has 2 senses:

1. the maximum number of shares authorized under the terms of a corporation's articles of incorporation

2. the book value of the outstanding shares of a corporation

  Familiarity information: CAPITAL STOCK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPITAL STOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The maximum number of shares authorized under the terms of a corporation's articles of incorporation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

authorized shares; authorized stock; capital stock

Hypernyms ("capital stock" is a kind of...):

stock (the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The book value of the outstanding shares of a corporation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("capital stock" is a kind of...):

book value (the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet; equals cost minus accumulated depreciation)