stock company

Stock Company

1. See: Joint stock company.

2. See: Publicly-traded company.

stock company

A company owned by stockholders, with the ownership evidenced by transferable certificates. Compare mutual company.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott. Copyright © 2003 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. All rights reserved.

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accounting period
accounts
Agencja Rozwoju Przemyslu S.A.
agency cost
AKTB
annual general meeting
annual report and accounts
annual return
articles of association
asset-growth maximization
associated company
Audit
authorized
authorized share capital
Banque Francaise du Commerce Exterieur
Beirut Stock Exchange
blue-chip company
board of directors
bonus shares

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