stock company

1. 1.

   a company whose capital is represented by stock

   Broadercompany
2. 2.

   a theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoire

   Synonymsrepertory companyrepertory

   Broadertheater company

Questions about stock company

What does stock company mean?

stock company means "a company whose capital is represented by stock". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for stock company?

Close synonyms include repertory company, repertory. 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 stock company a common word?

stock company 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.