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COMMON STOCK [2 records]

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Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

Share into which the capital of a stock company is divided, without special rights or obligations. Ordinary shares entitle their owners to vote and receive an annual dividend after interest is paid to bondholders and preferential shares receive the agreed dividend.

CONT

Common shares are corporate securities that represent ownership in a company and give the stockholder a vote in the selection of management and a proportionate but unspecified claim on profits.

OBS

ordinary share: According to the sources consulted, in England "equity" is synonymous with "ordinary share".

OBS

The correct French equivalent is "action" in this context because "stock" and "share" are used interchangeably as a singular noun. However, "stock" is usually a collective noun, with "actions" as its French equivalent and "shares" as its synonym.

OBS

common share: term used in the context of the Strategic and Operating Review of the federal government of Canada.

OBS

ordinary share: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • equity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Action accordant généralement à son titulaire le droit de voter aux assemblées générales ainsi que celui de participer, sans restrictions particulières, aux résultats de la société et à l'excédent de son actif sur son passif en cas de liquidation.

OBS

action ordinaire : terme en usage dans le contexte de l'Examen stratégique et fonctionnel du gouvernement fédéral du Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
  • Inversiones
DEF

Parte en la que se subdivide el capital de una sociedad anónima sin derechos u obligaciones especiales. Las acciones ordinarias dan a su propietario el derecho a voto y el derecho a recibir un dividendo anual después del pago de los intereses a los obligacionistas y del dividendo de las acciones preferentes.

OBS

acción ordinaria: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 2011-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

The class or classes of capital stock representing the residual equity in the company's assets and earnings.

CONT

Does the corporation (private corporations only) have any shareholders who own 10% or more of the corporation's common and/or preferred shares?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Ensemble des actions représentant la participation résiduelle dans l'actif net et les résultats de la société.

CONT

La société (sociétés privées seulement) a-t-elle au moins un actionnaire qui détient 10% ou plus des actions ordinaires ou privilégiées de la société?

Spanish

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