Stock or capital contributed and owned by a number of persons jointly; capital divided into shares; a common fund.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > stock > types of (22) joint stock1615 Stock or capital contributed and owned by a number of persons jointly; capital divided into shares; a common fund. fancya1652 pl. ‘The ornamental tags, etc., appended to the ribbons by which the hose were secured to the doublet’ (Fairholt). Obs. water stock1675 †(a) a basin for holy water; = holy-water stock n. at holy water, n. compounds 2 (obsolete); (b) a stock (or share) in a water company; (as mass… Bank stock1694 the capital stock of the Bank of England, being the aggregate of the shares owned by its various proprietors. India stock1702 attributive. Of or relating to the East India Company or the government of British India, as India bonds, India director, India stock, etc. Now histo… government stock1734 (a) stock issued by or on behalf of a government; cf. government bond n. inscription1800 Commerce. The action of inscribing stock; in plural inscribed stocks: see inscribed, adj. 1b. gas stock1820 stock held in a gas company (also as a count noun). railway stock1836 (a) stock held in a railway company (also as a count noun); (b) = rolling stock, n. 1. common stock1852 a stock or share entitling the holder to a share of profits; an ordinary share as distinct from a preference share (preference share n.); (as a mass… floater1871 Stock Market. A government stock certificate, a railway-bond, etc. accepted as a recognized security. blue chip1874 Stock Market. Originally: a company or stock having a particularly high market value. Later: a blue-chip company, stock, share, etc. (see sense B… trunks1892 plural. In Stock Exchange language, short for Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, or its stock. traction1896 transferred. (a) A vehicle driven by some special power, as a motor car. nonce-use. (b) Stock Market. Stocks connected with traction, as… omnium1902 Stock Market (now historical). colloquial. Any combined stock of which the constituents may be dealt with separately. mummy1903 Stock Market slang. An Egyptian stock or bond. rare. motors1908 plural. Stock Market, Stocks or shares in motor car companies. rollover1947 Economics and Finance. The extension of a maturing debt or other financial relationship; an issue of new stock to replace maturing stock. Frequently… blue-chipper1953 A blue-chip company (see blue chip, adj. 2a). red chip1968 Stock Market. The stock of a company based in a communist country, now esp. China. Frequently attributive. large-cap1982 A company with a (relatively) large market capitalization (see market capitalization n. at market, n. compounds 2). Hence: a stock or share of… small cap1984 A company with a relatively small market capitalization. Hence: a stock or share of this type of company. Frequently attributive. Cf. mid-cap, n. |
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