capital stock

noun

: the outstanding shares of a joint-stock company considered as an aggregate

: capitalization sense 1d

: stock sense 2a

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The bid includes a plan for Apex to buy 100% of the capital stock of NAI for a price that combines the value of NAI’s shares of Paramount’s Class A and Class B common stock at $35.03 and $23.28 per share, respectively. —

Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 July 2024 Even though France was on the winning side, two-thirds of its capital stock evaporated. —

Timur Kuran, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017 Additionally, after the GFC, net investment—that is, after accounting for the degradation of capital stock—as a share of GDP fell by half in both the U.S. and Western Europe and has never fully recovered. —

Chris Bradley, Fortune Europe, 22 May 2024 Matching the bold aspirations is an equally bold recommendation to employ a greater amount of leverage, effectively stretching the balance sheet by borrowing more against the Bank’s underlying capital stock. —

Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2022 See all Example Sentences for capital stock

Word History

First Known Use

1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of capital stock was in 1709

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“Capital stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capital%20stock. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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