common stock
English
Noun
common stock (countable and uncountable, plural common stocks)
- (finance) Shares of an ownership interest in the equity of a corporation or other entity with limited liability entitled to dividends, with financial rights junior to preferred stock and liabilities.
- Common stocks are trading below preferreds in these bad times.
- The company's common stock is a bargain.
Coordinate terms
- preferred stock
- bond
- note
- debt
- liability