joint-stock C2 Topic:Business & Commerce US /ˈdʒɔɪntˌstɑk/ UK /ˈdʒɔɪntˌstɒk/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj owned by shareholders who hold stock jointly in a company The canal was financed by a joint-stock company. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · owned by shareholders who... shareholder-owned Word family Related forms stockcompanyshareholder Etymology Compound of joint + stock in the commercial sense of capital. Topics Business & Commerce External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # joint-stock **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈdʒɔɪntˌstɑk/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdʒɔɪntˌstɒk/ ## Meanings 1. owned by shareholders who hold stock jointly in a company ## Examples - The canal was financed by a joint-stock company. ## Synonyms - shareholder-owned ## Related Forms - stock - company - shareholder ## Etymology Compound of joint + stock in the commercial sense of capital. ## Topics - Business & Commerce markdown