common stock
Americannoun
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stock that ordinarily has no preference in the matter of dividends or assets and represents the residual ownership of a corporate business.
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Animal Husbandry. stock that is not purebred.
noun
Etymology
Origin of common stock
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Whirlpool sank 8.8% after the home appliance company announced public offerings of common stock and depositary shares.
From Barron's
Whirlpool sank 8.8% after the home appliance company announced public offerings of common stock and depositary shares.
From Barron's
AMD has also issued Meta a warrant to purchase up to 160 million shares of its common stock, which would vest when GPU shipments hit certain milestones.
From MarketWatch
Last year Meta issued 63 million new shares of common stock, but withheld 27 million of them to cover employee taxes.
“When combined with lower capex and cash interest expense, 2026 is forecast to deliver strong free cash flow that we expect to use to pay down debt and opportunistically repurchase our common stock,” Reeg said.
From Barron's
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