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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. economics
  3. financial economics
  4. stocks and shares
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. economics
  3. financial economics
  4. stocks and shares

Preferred term

stocks and shares

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information A part of the ownership of a company which people buy as an investment. Each investor's ownership represents a piece of the corporation's assets and earnings.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • shares (financial)
  • stocks (financial)

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/40193

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