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    ORDINARY SHARES

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder electionsplay

    Example:

    over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks

    Synonyms:

    common shares; common stock; ordinary shares

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

    Hypernyms ("ordinary shares" is a kind of...):

    stock (the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity))

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ordinary shares"):

    blue-chip stock; blue chip (a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield)

    classified stock (common stock classified as A or B where A has certain advantages (e.g., voting power) that B does not)

    stock of record (stock held by stockholders of record on a given date)

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