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/kˈæpətəl stɑk/ Listen

Capital stock

noun

The maximum number of shares authorized under the terms of a corporation's articles of incorporation. Synonyms: authorized shares, authorized stock.

The book value of the outstanding shares of a corporation.

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"Capital stock" Quotes from Famous Books

... value of each share four hundred dollars; the Government to become a subscriber to the amount of two millions, and to require in return a loan of an equal sum, payable in ten yearly instalments of two hundred thousand dollars each. The rest of the capital stock would be open to the public, to be paid for, one-quarter in gold and silver, and three-quarters in the six or three per cent certificates of the national debt. The life of the bank was to end in 1811. As an ...

— The Conqueror • Gertrude Franklin Atherton

... control at least five thousand acres of land, to more readily enable it to dominate the township, as the lowest political unit of the republic; and also to give room for the planting of suitable forests. That its capital stock be limited to one thousand shares, to be divided equally among five hundred co-operators, composed of two hundred and fifty couples or families. That at the end of five years the stock be issued to the subscribers as paid up stock, by cash from the sinking fund, paid in for that ...

— Solaris Farm - A Story of the Twentieth Century • Milan C. Edson

Words linked to "Capital stock" : stock, book value