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joint-stock company definition

joint·-stock· company (jo̵int′stäk′)

a business firm with a joint stock, owned by the stockholders in shares which each may sell or transfer independently

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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