authorized capital
noun
The total value of the shares that a registered company is authorized to issue in order to raise capital.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in The Caledonian Mercury.
- sure of oneself
- sure-shot
- sure thing
- surety
- suretyship
- surexcitation
- surexcited
- surf
- surfable
- surface
- surface-active
- surface activity
- surface area
- surface blow
- surface blow-off
- surface boundary layer
- surface brightness
- surface casing
- surface caterpillar
- surface chemistry
- surface chuck
- surface coated
- surface color
- surface colour
- surface condensation