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STOCK CERTIFICATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stock certificate mean? 

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

1. a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporationplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


STOCK CERTIFICATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

stock; stock certificate

Context example:

the value of his stocks doubled during the past year

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

certificate; security (a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends)

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

share (any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate)


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