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JOINT STOCK

Definition: JOINT STOCK

JOINT STOCK

1. Stock held in company.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Synonyms within Context: JOINT STOCK

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Cooperation

Joint stock, copartnership; cartel; confederation; (party); coalition, fusion; a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together; logrolling, freemasonry.

Participation

Noun: participation; cotenancy, joint tenancy; occupancy in common, possession in common, tenancy in common; joint stock, common stock; co-partnership, partnership; communion; community of possessions, community of goods; communism, socialism; cooperation.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: JOINT STOCK

English words defined with "JOINT STOCK": Credit mobilier. (references)
Specialty definitions using "JOINT STOCK": Joint Stock Company. (references)

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Commercial Usage: JOINT STOCK

DomainTitle

Books

  • The English East India Company : The Study of an Early Joint Stock Company, 1600-1640 : The Emergence of International Business, 1200-1800 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: JOINT STOCK

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The majority of companies have now changed from state-owned to joint stock companies. (references)

In 1996, Saigon Postel, a joint stock company with VNPT holding a large stake, received a similar license. (references)

The local National Company for Cooperative Insurance (NCCI) was established as a joint stock company, with an authorized capital of $133.3 million. (references)

Civil Liberties

Egypt

Because of government restrictions, a joint stock company is the only feasible incorporation option for publishers. (references)

Egypt

On May 13, the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled against a 1998 law that requires newspapers managed by joint stock companies to obtain the approval of the Prime Minister prior to publishing. (references)

Russia

In September a provision of the joint stock companies law that allows a minority shareholders to force the liquidation of companies showing a negative balance for more than 2 years was invoked against TV-6, another privately owned television station with a reputation for independent news coverage. (references)

Economic History

Albania

An Albanian joint stock company (Sh.A.) may offer shares to the public. (references)

Uae

Only UAE nationals are permitted to own stock in UAE joint stock companies. (references)

Georgia

By law, all commercial banks must become joint stock or limited liability companies. (references)

Human Rights

Ukraine

During the year, the Constitutional Court considered two cases in response to petitions initiated by individuals but submitted by the Ombudsman for Human Rights and a joint stock company. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

Most river ports have been turned into open or closed joint stock companies. (references)

Georgia

A commercial bank may be created in the form of a joint stock or limited liability company. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: JOINT STOCK

CountryName
Russian Federation

Murmanskelektrosvyaz, joint stock company since 1994

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: JOINT STOCK

Expressions using "JOINT STOCK": joint stock capital joint stock company. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: JOINT STOCK

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

company joint stock

18
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: JOINT STOCK

Language Translations for "JOINT STOCK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

aksionar (limited). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مؤسسة مشترك, ‏تجارة مشتركة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

акционерен. (various references)

   

Czech

  

akciový kapitál (stock). (various references)

   

Danish

  

selskabsanpart (capital stock, equity invested capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital), selskabsandel (capital stock, equity invested capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital), nominel kapital (capital, capital stock, equity invested capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital), grundkapital (capital stock, equity invested capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital), aktiekapital (capital, capital stock, equity invested capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vennootschap op aandelen (joint stock company), statutair kapitaal (capital stock, equity invested capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital), nominaal kapitaal (capital stock, equity invested capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital), maatschappelijk kapitaal (authorized capital, authorized capital stock, authorized share capital, capital stock, equity invested capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital), geplaatst maatschappelijk kapitaal (capital stock, equity invested capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital), bank met een statutair aandelenkapitaal (incorporated bank, joint stock bank), aandelenkapitaal (share-capital). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

osakeyhtiö (corporation, incorporated company, joint-stock company, limited company), osakepankki (joint stock bank). (various references)

   

French

  

société par actions (joint stock company). (various references)

   

German

  

aktienkapital (capital stock, share capital, share-capital, stock). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μετοχική εταιρία (stock company). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

társasági vagyon (company's assets). (various references)

   

Italian

  

societ per azioni (holding), societ anonima (corporation, joint stock company, Public limited company), SA (you know), capitale sociale (capital, capital stock, equity invested capital, issued capital, issued share capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, obligated capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital, subscribed capital), capitale nominale (capital stock, equity invested capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital), capitale azionario (share capital, stock), banca per azioni (incorporated bank, joint stock bank). (various references)

   

Manx

  

co-sthock. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ointjay ockstay

   

Portuguese

  

sociedade por acções (joint stock company), capital social (joint-stock), capital outorgado (capital stock, equity invested capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital), capital nominal (capital stock, equity invested capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

capital social, capital în acţiuni. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

акционерный (joint-stock). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

akcionarski (corporate). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sociedad bancaria por acciones (incorporated bank, joint stock bank), capital social (capital, capital stock, equity invested capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital), capital nominal (capital stock, equity invested capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital), capital en acciones (capital stock, equity invested capital, joint stock capital, nominal capital, original capital, registered capital, share capital, share-capital), banco por acciones (joint-stock bank). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

aktiebolag (incorporated company, joint-stock, joint-stock-company, limited company, Ltd). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

anonim (anonym, anonymous, incorporate, incorporated). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: JOINT STOCK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-i-j-k-n-o-o-s-t-t"

-3 letters: cojoins, cottons.

-4 letters: cojoin, contos, cotton, jockos, joints, nostoc, stinko, stotin, tincts, tocsin, tonics.

-5 letters: cions, coins, conks, conto, cooks, coons, coots, icons, ikons, jinks, jocko, jocks, joins, joint, joist, kinos, knits, knots, kotos, nicks, nocks, nooks, oinks, ontic, ottos, scion, scoot, sicko, skint, snick, snook, snoot, socko, sonic, stick, stink, stint, stock.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Names: Company Usage
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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