the total amount of value of the shares that a company is allowed to distribute
authorized capital in American English
noun
the aggregate par value or the total subscription price of all equity shares of a corporation authorized to be issued under its charter
Word origin
[1910–15]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: carbon cycle, cat and mouse, functionalism, insulin, isotope
Examples of 'authorized capital' in a sentence
authorized capital
We conclude a semi-effective market suffers from efficiency in adoption of authorized capital as a risk management tool.
Agata Adamska, Piotr Staszkiewicz 2015, 'AUTHORIZED CAPITAL AS A RISK MANAGEMENT TOOL IN EMERGING ECONOMIES. THE CASE OF POLAND',Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomicahttps://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/foe/article/view/331. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It analyses the interaction between motivation and the application of authorized capital as a risk management tool.
Agata Adamska, Piotr Staszkiewicz 2015, 'AUTHORIZED CAPITAL AS A RISK MANAGEMENT TOOL IN EMERGING ECONOMIES. THE CASE OF POLAND',Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomicahttps://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/foe/article/view/331. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The regulations on forming the authorized capital and determining the net asset value of joint investment institutions are analyzed.
Lutska Natalia I., Prokopenko Zhanna V. 2018, 'General Requirements for the Formation of Equity Capital of Non-Bank Financial Institutions',Problemi Ekonomikihttp://www.problecon.com/export_pdf/problems-of-economy-2018-4_0-pages-254_263.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)