ordinary shares

ordinary shares definition - finance
A term used in the United Kingdom and other English-
speaking countries, such as Australia, to refer to common stock. Ordinary shares may be voting or non-voting shares.

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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