common stock

noun

: stock other than preferred stock

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The aerospace company will acquire all of Iridium's outstanding common stock for $54 per share in a cash and stock transaction. — Hugh Leask,fred Imbert,justina Lee, CNBC, 28 June 2026 Fox Corporation has a dual-class share structure consisting of Class A and Class B common stock. — Bydavid Schepp, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 June 2026 Tesla owns nearly 19 million shares of SpaceX’s Class A common stock, which is less than 1 percent of the total outstanding stock. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 12 June 2026 Each FedEx stockholder received one share of FedEx Freight common stock for every two shares of FedEx common stock held as of the close of business on May 15. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for common stock

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First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of common stock was in 1852

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