WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
com′mon stock′, 
    1. Businessstock that ordinarily has no preference in the matter of dividends or assets and represents the residual ownership of a corporate business.
    2. Animal Husbandrystock that is not purebred.
    • 1840–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
common stock
  1. the US name for ordinary shares
'common stock' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
blue chip - common - convert - convertible bond - convertible preferred stock - earnings per share - equity - equity security - ordinary share - ordinary shares - ordinary stock - participating preferred - payout ratio - penny stock - pool - preferred stock - price-earnings ratio

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