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common stock

noun as in investment representing fractional ownership of a company

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The board also authorized the repurchase of up to $16 billion of common stock, the company announced.

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The preferred stock and warrant for common stock give the government a 15% stake in the company, making the U.S. its largest shareholder.

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The preferred stock and warrant for common stock give the government a 15% stake in the company, making the U.S. its largest shareholder.

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Europe needs a common stock exchange so that its firms can compete globally, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday, warning that the continent's future prosperity was at stake.

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It will also issue bondholders as many as 326 million shares of its common stock.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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