AUTHORIZED SHARES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does authorized shares mean? 

• AUTHORIZED SHARES (noun)
  The noun AUTHORIZED SHARES has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: AUTHORIZED SHARES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTHORIZED SHARES (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 ("authorized shares" is a kind of...):

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