capital stock

noun

1
: the outstanding shares of a joint-stock company considered as an aggregate
2
3

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Less economic capital stock means forgone business creation, stifled innovation and fewer jobs. James Carter, Boston Herald, 9 May 2025 Here's why The company, a blank check entity, was incorporated on November 17, 2021, for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 4 Apr. 2025 The Tax Foundation found that Trump's 2018-2019 tariffs—which Joe Biden largely retained—reduced long-run GDP by 0.2 percent, shrank the capital stock by 0.1 percent, and cost 142,000 full-time jobs. Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025 Tax provisions that give companies greater incentive to invest — to build factories, spend on research and development, and so forth — result in higher capital stock and higher economy-wide productivity. Neil Irwin, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for capital stock

Word History

First Known Use

1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of capital stock was in 1709

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“Capital stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capital%20stock. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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capital stock

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