Certificates or book entries representing ownership in a corporation or similar entity.

A certificate giving the person or company listed a portion of ownership in a stock, mutual fund, or some other investment vehicle. A share is the smallest unit of ownership. They may be bought or sold on or off an exchange.

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ADS
American Depositary Receipt
American Depositary Share
Antidilutive effect
asset value per share
authorized capital stock
authorized share capital
Authorized shares
average down
Back-end load fund
basic earnings per share
book value per share
Boston matrix
B-Share
Buyback
called-up capital
capital shares
capitalization issue
cash flow per share

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