capital stock

1. 1.

   the maximum number of shares authorized under the terms of a corporation's articles of incorporation

   Synonymsauthorized sharesauthorized stock

   Broaderstock
2. 2.

   the book value of the outstanding shares of a corporation

   Broaderbook value

Questions about capital stock

What does capital stock mean?

capital stock means "the maximum number of shares authorized under the terms of a corporation's articles of incorporation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for capital stock?

Close synonyms include authorized shares, authorized stock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is capital stock a common word?

capital stock is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.