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stock
the goods of a merchant or manufacturer 2 : the ownership element in a corporation usually divided into shares and represented by transferable certificates ;also : the certificate evidencing ownership of one or more shares of stock
security
cer·tif·i·cat·ed security [sər-ti-fə-kā-təd-] : a security that belongs to or is divisible into a class or series of shares, participations, interests, or obligations, is a commonly recognized medium of investment, and is represented on an instrument payable
common
large : public [ defense] b : known to the community [a thief] 2 : belonging to or shared by two or more persons or things or by all members of a group [when the insured and
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merger
of combining two or more organizations (as business concerns) compare consolidate cash merger : a merger in which shareholders in the company to be absorbed receive cash for their shares rather than shares in the absorbing company
Cost-book mining companies
who have obtained permission from the landowner to work a lode, assemble; they decide on the number of shares into which their capitalis to be divided, and the number to be allotted to each; they appoint an
Joint-stock Banks
case of a partnership consisting of more than ten persons. It is believed that the liability of the shareholders in chartered banks is in most if not in all cases limited to some amount fixed by the
Private company
the expression 'private company' means a company which by its articles- (a) restricts the right to transfer its shares; and (b) limits the number of its members to 50, not including persons who are in the employment
reverse stock split
reverse stock split : a method of increasing the value of shares of corporate stock by calling in all outstanding shares and reissuing fewer shares having greater value compare stock
Carry over
the process of postponing the completion of a contract, either for the purchase or sale of stocks or shares, to a later date than that originally fixed. When this happens the buyer usually pays the seller interest
Directors
a prospectus which they honestly, though without reasonable ground, believed to be true, were not liable to a shareholder taking shares on the faith of such prospectus, reversed the law as to laid down. There are, however,
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