joint-stock

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈdʒɔɪntˌstɑk/ UK /ˈdʒɔɪntˌstɒk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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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 stock company shareholder

Etymology

Compound of joint + stock in the commercial sense of capital.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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