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common stock

noun as in investment representing fractional ownership of a company

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On July 31 the 150-store chain sold 18.5 million shares of common stock to the public at $18 a share.

The company announced it would sell 2.7 million shares of common stock, plus $450 million of debt, in the former of senior notes.

Are not these legitimate investments in the common stock of the nation, which should command a proportionate interest?

The Sultan of Turkey sent a generous contribution to the common stock of relief.

This quantity was thrown into common stock, and boiled with the meat, into a kind of soup.

They held their property in one common stock, for the benefit of the whole.

Among the common stock were big white beasts of pedigree which were Wesley's pride at county fairs.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to common stock, such as: common shares, ordinary shares, and junior equity.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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