ordinary shares

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ordinary shares - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ordinary shares
      n 1: stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a
           share of the corporation's profits and a share of the
           voting power in shareholder elections; "over 40 million
           Americans invest in common stocks" [syn: common stock,
           common shares, ordinary shares]