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COMMON STOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common stock mean? 

COMMON STOCK (noun)
  The noun COMMON STOCK has 1 sense:

1. stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder electionsplay

  Familiarity information: COMMON STOCK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMON STOCK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

common shares; common stock; ordinary shares

Context example:

over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "common stock"):

blue-chip stock; blue chip (a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield)

classified stock (common stock classified as A or B where A has certain advantages (e.g., voting power) that B does not)

stock of record (stock held by stockholders of record on a given date)


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