Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ordinary_shares

1 sense of ordinary shares

Sense 1
common stock, common shares, ordinary shares -- (stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections; "over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks")
       => stock -- (the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity); "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock")