joint-stock company

English

Noun

joint-stock company (plural joint-stock companies)

(business, finance, law, Britain) A company with transferable ownership interests and limited shareholder liability.
(business, finance, law, US) A company with transferable ownership interests and unlimited shareholder liability.

Usage notes

Note that there's a fundamental difference in the concept of joint-stock company in the US and UK.

Translations

company with transferable ownership and limited shareholder liability

Arabic: شٰرِكَة مُسَاهِمَة‎ f (šārikat musāhima)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 合股公司 (hégǔ gōngsī), 股份公司 (zh) (gǔfèn gōngsī)
Czech: akciová společnost (cs) f
Esperanto: akcia kompanio, akcia societo
Estonian: aktsiaselts (et)
Finnish: osakeyhtiö (fi)
French: société par actions f, SA (fr) f
Georgian: სააქციო კომპანია (saakcio ḳomṗania), სააქციო საზოგადოება (saakcio sazogadoeba)
German: Aktiengesellschaft (de) f, AG (de) f
Hungarian: részvénytársaság (hu), rt.

Italian: società per azioni (it) f, S.p.A. f
Japanese: 株式会社 (ja) (かぶしきがいしゃ, kabushiki-gaisha)
Korean: 주식 회사 (jusik hoesa)
Luxembourgish: Société anonyme, Aktiëgesellschaft
Polish: spółka akcyjna (pl) f, SA (pl) f
Portuguese: empresa de capital aberto f
Russian: акционе́рное о́бщество (ru) n (akcionérnoje óbščestvo), АО (ru) n (AO)
Spanish: sociedad anónima f
Swedish: aktiebolag (sv) n, AB (sv) n
Turkish: anonim şirketi, AŞ (tr)
Vietnamese: công ty cổ phần

company with transferable ownership and unlimited shareholder liability

Chinese:
Mandarin: 合股公司 (hégǔ gōngsī), 股份公司 (zh) (gǔfèn gōngsī)
Esperanto: akcia kompanio, akcia societo

Finnish: avoin yhtiö (fi)
Russian: please add this translation if you can

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