common stock

common stock (countable and uncountable, plural common stocks)

1. (finance) Shares of an ownership interest in the equity of a corporation or other entity with limited liability entitled to dividends, with financial rights junior to preferred stock and liabilities.

   Synonyms: equity share, ordinary share

   Common stocks are trading below preferreds in these bad times.

   The company's common stock is a bargain.

• preferred stock
• bond
• note
• debt
• liability