common stock
common stock — 名詞
1. shares in a company that give the owner the right to vote at shareholder meeting
普通股
公司最常見的股份類型，有投票權
shares in a company that give the owner the right to vote at shareholder meetings and to receive a portion of the profits, but that are paid after other types of stock if the company fails
Tariro bought 100 shares of common stock in the solar panel company last year.
Tariro 去年買了這家太陽能公司的 100 股普通股。
common stock + in [company]
The board voted to issue new common stock to raise money for the new factory.
董事會投票決定發行新的普通股，為新工廠籌集資金。
issue new common stock
Each share of common stock gives the owner one vote at the annual meeting.
每股普通股讓持股人在年度會議上擁有一票投票權。
Investors who hold common stock may receive dividends when the company earns a profit.
持有普通股的投資人可以在公司獲利時獲得股息。
hold common stock + receive dividends
Mira sold her common stock in the coffee chain after the CEO resigned.
執行長辭職後，Mira 賣掉了她在這家連鎖咖啡店的普通股。
- common stock in [company]
- issue common stock
- buy / purchase common stock
- hold common stock
- common stock shareholder
- common stock dividend
- share of common stock
- common stock offering
- convertible common stock
- ordinary shares
the British English term for the same type of stock
- equity shares
a more formal term; often used in legal or regulatory contexts
- voting stock
focuses on the voting right that common stock usually carries, though some common stock may be non-voting
- preferred stock
a different class of stock that has priority for dividend payments but usually no voting rights
用法筆記
Common stock is the most basic type of equity a company issues. In British English the term 'ordinary shares' is more common.