stock certificate
noun
: an instrument evidencing ownership of one or more shares of the stock of a corporation
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To raise money to cover the costs of the exhibition, the Centennial Board of Finance sold stock certificates at $10 per share.
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Samuel M. Riley, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2024
In fact, my father kept paper stock certificates in a gray metal lockbox stowed away in my closet to save on the custody charges brokers levied at the time.
—James Martielli, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
Today, Lou’s stock certificate is displayed in his sitting room at the Union Mills Homestead; his older brother Wirt’s certificate hangs in the site’s historic post office.
—Samuel M. Riley, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2024
But Young Deer’s assistants sued him and his wife for lack of payment and for selling stock certificates without a permit.
—Angela Aleiss, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
The tabloid press chronicled the entire romantic extravaganza, but that stock certificate is what people are still talking about.
—Rory Satran, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2021
Giving a young person a stock certificate can be a fun way to introduce them to investing, but in this digital era, many companies have phased out paper certificates.
—Dallas News, 8 Nov. 2020
Brokers are seeking permission from regulators to suspend some tasks that were developed during the era of paper stock certificates.
—Dave Michaels, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2020
Bankers there received a stack of stock certificates worth roughly $1 billion that Mr. Wexner wanted to deposit, according to two private-bank employees who were there.
—Emily Flitter, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2019
Samuel M. Riley, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2024
In fact, my father kept paper stock certificates in a gray metal lockbox stowed away in my closet to save on the custody charges brokers levied at the time.
—James Martielli, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
Today, Lou’s stock certificate is displayed in his sitting room at the Union Mills Homestead; his older brother Wirt’s certificate hangs in the site’s historic post office.
—Samuel M. Riley, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2024
But Young Deer’s assistants sued him and his wife for lack of payment and for selling stock certificates without a permit.
—Angela Aleiss, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
The tabloid press chronicled the entire romantic extravaganza, but that stock certificate is what people are still talking about.
—Rory Satran, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2021
Giving a young person a stock certificate can be a fun way to introduce them to investing, but in this digital era, many companies have phased out paper certificates.
—Dallas News, 8 Nov. 2020
Brokers are seeking permission from regulators to suspend some tasks that were developed during the era of paper stock certificates.
—Dave Michaels, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2020
Bankers there received a stack of stock certificates worth roughly $1 billion that Mr. Wexner wanted to deposit, according to two private-bank employees who were there.
—Emily Flitter, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2019
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