shareshare /ʃeəʃer/ noun1[countableC]FINANCE one of the parts into which ownership of a company is dividedThe company has the right to issue (=make available and sell) shares in two series.
Friendly companies and banks hold (=own) 56% of all shares in Germany’s listed companies.
Top-ranking officers in the company sold a block of shares (=a large quantity, usually more than 10,000) on Monday when the price was high.
When a company issuesshares or stocks especially American EnglishAmE, it makes them available for people to buy for the first time. The process of issuing shares in order to obtain money for investment is called equity financing. Shareholders/stockholders especially American EnglishAmE are people who buy and own shares, and they receive a dividend (=a part of the profits of a company) for every share they own. When a company makes its shares officially available, they are listed on a stockmarket or stock exchange especially British EnglishBrE. A stockbroker is a person or company whose job is to buy and sell shares, bonds, derivatives etc for themselves and investors. A share price/stock price can fluctuate (=increase or go down often or regularly). A bull market is a financial market in which share prices are rising, especially over a long period of time and a bear market is one in which share prices are falling.
2(Class) A/B/C shares [plural]FINANCE different classes of a company’s shares. Each class has different characteristics, for example the right to vote at shareholders’ meetingsYou can buy Class A shares of each of the Funds at the offering price.
Class B shares typically do not charge a frontend sales charge.
→ advancing shares → American depositary share → authorized shares → bearer share → blue chip share → bonus share → capital share → common share → convertible share → cumulative preference share → cyclical share → declining shares → defensive share → deferred share → delta shares → diluted shares → equity share → fractional share → fully-paid share → fund share → golden share → growth share → heavy share → income share → large-cap share → listed share → management share → mid-cap share → new share → non-participating shares → non-voting share → no-par-value share → ordinary share → outstanding shares → over-the-counter share → participating preference share → part-paid share → penny share → preference share → primary share → quoted share → red chip share → redeemable share → registered share → secondary shares → second-tier share → small cap share → split share → underlying share → unlisted share → voting share → when-issued share3[singular] the part of something that belongs to a particular person, organization etcCorporations are being encouraged to give a share of their profits to social programs.
→ brand share → market share → unit share4market share by valueACCOUNTINGMARKETING market share that is measured by SALES REVENUE (=money obtained from sales)Small electrical appliances took a 28% market share by value with sales reaching 19 billion euros.
5market share by volumeACCOUNTINGMARKETING market share that is measured by the number of products soldThe firm leads the industry with 35% market share by volume in memory and microprocessor cards.
6to buy market shareMARKETING to increase market share by charging low prices, even if they are not profitablePeople have been competing with silly prices just to buy market share.