stock certificate

noun

: an instrument evidencing ownership of one or more shares of the stock of a corporation

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In the old days, owners stored stock certificates in safe deposit boxes. Robert Green, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 However, investments such as bonds, notes, or stock certificates are not considered accounts unless these assets are held in a foreign brokerage account. Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 Other items included a flag and program from the 1889 Montana Society of the Framers of the Constitution, a 1905 Centennial Brewing Letter and 1907 mining company stock certificates, officials said. Olivia Lloyd, Sacramento Bee, 10 July 2024 To raise money to cover the costs of the exhibition, the Centennial Board of Finance sold stock certificates at $10 per share. Samuel M. Riley, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2024 In fact, my father kept paper stock certificates in a gray metal lockbox stowed away in my closet to save on the custody charges brokers levied at the time. James Martielli, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024 Today, Lou’s stock certificate is displayed in his sitting room at the Union Mills Homestead; his older brother Wirt’s certificate hangs in the site’s historic post office. Samuel M. Riley, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2024 But Young Deer’s assistants sued him and his wife for lack of payment and for selling stock certificates without a permit. Angela Aleiss, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023 The tabloid press chronicled the entire romantic extravaganza, but that stock certificate is what people are still talking about. Rory Satran, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of stock certificate was in 1863

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“Stock certificate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20certificate. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.

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stock certificate

noun
: a formal legal document showing evidence of ownership of one or more shares of the stock of a corporation

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