ordinary share

noun

British
: a share of common stock

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In line with Volkswagen's agreement earlier in September with its largest shareholder Porsche SE, 25% plus one ordinary share in the sportscar brand, which do carry voting rights, will go to Porsche SE at the price of the preferred shares plus a 7.5% premium. Reuters, CNN, 18 Sep. 2022 The company paid a special cash dividend in May of 63 cents per ordinary share and $1.26 per American depository share for a payout of $2 billion, of which more than $200 million went to Richard Liu. Coco Liu, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2022 Under the terms of the all cash transaction, Wheels Up will acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Air Partner for 125 GBX per share, equivalent to an enterprise value of approximately $107 million. Doug Gollan, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022 This is because its shareholders, who will get one JD.com ordinary share for every 21 Tencent shares held, can choose to maintain them or not. Yue Wang, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021 See all Example Sentences for ordinary share 

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ordinary share was in 1891

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“Ordinary share.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ordinary%20share. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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