stock company

Example Sentences

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A joint stock company, much like a modern corporation, raised money for its ventures by selling shares to investors.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

More than a cast, they’re a stock company able to take on many parts.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2021

Pauline Kael, one of America's most influential and respected film critics, called Chatterjee Ray's "one-man stock company" who moved "so differently in the different roles he plays that he is almost unrecognisable".

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2020

John Wayne ducked the game throughout his career, even though his whole stock company, including Grant Withers and Ward Bond and Forrest Tucker, was scattered around Lakeside, where Wayne had a membership.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 30, 2020

Couples danced to the latest hits while fireworks exploded overhead, or they enjoyed light comedies performed by a local stock company, in a theater that served as a casino between productions.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson