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COMMON STOCK
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I. (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
Example:
over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks
Synonyms:
common shares; common stock; ordinary shares
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
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)
