stock certificate
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5.4
- noun
- /stɑk sɚˈtɪfɪkɪt/
- Specialized
:
certificado de acciones
- To sell your shares, you often need to present the physical stock certificates as proof of ownership.
- stock certificates are worth
- deeds and stock certificates
- bonds or stock certificates
There was a physical cage where the the the remnants of paper stock certificates were still in the cage.
- There was a physical cage where the the the remnants of paper stock certificates were still in the cage.
- So I go down there, I open the door and I look in and the entire wall of this little half bath is papered with what looks like real stock certificates.
- The dollar bills don't do anything or the stock certificates, but it motivates those who will do bad things.
Examples
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So I plunked down my $250 and waited patiently for my stock certificate to arrive.
Blog text (15) -
The applicant had to make an appeal in writing and submit a fee of one dollar, the price of buying a piece of stock in the company, and upon approval, the member was presented a stock certificate and a copy of the by-laws.
Academic text (1999) -
Do you know what those stock certificates are worth today?
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Eve is standing, looking at the stock certificates.
Fiction book (1999) -
He studies the contents: the cards, stock certificates, and an old photo of his parents.
Fiction book (1999) -
He really wanted to know—and know fast—just what his stock certificates were worth.
Fiction book (1998) -
In other words, Gus Coggins used stock certificates he did not actually own as collateral for a $20,000 loan from the bank he presided over.
Academic text (2013) -
Many investors prefer to keep their stock certificates in a safe place to secure their ownership of shares.
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When he inherited his father's estate, he discovered several old stock certificates from companies that no longer exist.
Synonyms
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9.9
A share certificate that has no owner's name and makes the person who holds it the owner
A paper showing you own part of a company that belongs to whoever holds it
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an official document certifying ownership of shares' is directly and compositionally derived from 'stock' (a share in a corporation) + 'certificate' (a formal document). This noun+noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituent meanings.
Etymology
Stock certificate comes from a simple image: a paper that proves you own part of a company. The word stock here means the company's shares and certificate means the official paper, so it now means 'an official document that proves you own shares'.