ALL meanings of common stock
com·mon stock
C c - uncountable noun common stock Common stock refers to the shares in a company that are owned by people who have a right to vote at the company's meetings and to receive part of the company's profits after the holders of preferred stock have been paid. 3
- noun common stock ordinary capital stock in a company without a definite dividend rate or the privileges of preferred stock, but usually giving its owner a vote at shareholders' meetings in proportion to the owner's holdings 3
- noun common stock Common stock refers to the shares in a company that are owned by people who have a right to receive part of the company's profits after the holders of preferred stock have been paid. 3
- noun common stock Common stock is the shares in a company that are owned by people who have a right to vote at company meetings and to receive part of the company's profits after the holders of preferred stock have been paid. 3
- noun common stock animal: not purebred 1
- noun common stock person: working class 1
- noun common stock finance: share 1
- noun common stock stock that ordinarily has no preference in the matter of dividends or assets and represents the residual ownership of a corporate business. 1
- noun common stock Animal Husbandry. stock that is not purebred. 1
- noun common stock (finance) Shares of an ownership interest in the equity of a corporation or other entity with limited liability entitled to dividends, with financial rights junior to preferred stock and liabilities. 0