classified stock

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   common stock classified as A or B where A has certain advantages (e.g., voting power) that B does not

   Broadercommon stock

Questions about classified stock

What does classified stock mean?

classified stock means "common stock classified as A or B where A has certain advantages (e.g., voting power) that B does not".

Is classified stock a common word?

classified stock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.