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• common stock, common shares, ordinary shares go
  stock other than preferred stock
  
• no-par-value stock, no-par stock go
  stock with no par value specified in the corporate charter or on the stock certificate
  
• preferred stock, preferred shares, preference shares go
  stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights
  
• float go
  the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
  
• common stock equivalent go
  preferred stock or convertible bonds or warrants that can be converted into common stock
  
• control stock go
  shares owned by shareholders who have a controlling interest
  
• growth stock go
  stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to
  
• hot stock, hot issue go
  newly issued stock that is in great public demand
  
• capital stock, authorized shares, authorized stock go
  the maximum number of shares authorized under the terms of a corporation's articles of incorporation
  
• quarter stock go
  stock with a par value of $25/share
  
• treasury stock, treasury shares, reacquired stock go
  stock that has been bought back by the issuing corporation and is available for retirement or resale
  
• voting stock go
  shares in a corporation that entitle the shareholder to voting and proxy rights
  
• watered stock go
  stock representing ownership of overvalued assets