A shares

A shares definition - finance
  1. In a mutual fund with multiple share classes, the mutual fund class that typically comes with a front-end load, which is a sales charge that is paid when investing in the fund.
  2. In China, the shares of stock that are denominated in local currency and traded on stock exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen. These markets have been closed to foreign investment since they were established.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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