Common stock

Common stock

An equity investment that represents ownership of a firm, which full participation in its success or failure. The firm's directors must approve dividend payments.

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Industry/Domain: Earth science
Category: Mapping science
Company: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
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common stock

Earth science; Mapping science

An equity investment that represents ownership of a firm, which full participation in its success or failure. The firm's directors must approve dividend payments.

common stock

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) The basic form of equity ownership in a corporation. Generally equivalent to ordinary shares in the United Kingdom.

common stock

Financial services; Stocks & securities

A security that represents equity ownership in a corporation or company. Common shares allow the investor to take part in voting the board of directors.

common stock

Financial services; General Finance

Securities that represent equity ownership in a company. Common shares let an investor vote on such matters as the election of directors. They also give the holder a share in a ...

common stock

Banking; Initial public offering

A unit of ownership in a public company for which the holder can vote on matters and receive dividends from the company's growth, but he or she is the last to receive assets if ...

subtropical

Earth science; Mapping science

Relating to the warmest region of the Temperate Zones that border on the Torrid Zone.

sky

Earth science; Mapping science

The region above and beyond the Earth, as it is seen looking up from the ground. Sky looks blue during the day and dark at night.

South Pole

Earth science; Mapping science

The most southern point of the Earth. The South Pole is the southern end of the axis on which the Earth rotates.

prime meridian

Earth science; Mapping science

The line of longitude that passes through the town of Greenwich, England, and that measures 0 degree. It is the line from which other longitude lines are measured.

planet

Earth science; Mapping science

A celestial body revolving around a sun in a nearly circular orbit. This definition excludes comets, which have highly elliptical orbits. However, it may also exclude some of ...

area of error

Earth science; Mapping science

A figure within which the true location of a point whose location has been determined by measurement is believed to lie, with stated degree of probability.