joint-stock
Combined capital enterprise
Joint-stock describes a business structure where ownership is divided into shares held by multiple investors.
A joint-stock company pools capital from shareholders who share in profits and losses proportionally.
The arrangement allows larger enterprises than individual wealth could support: The Virginia Company was a joint-stock venture.
The term is now mostly historical, replaced by corporation.
Commercial enterprise or guests
- shareholderEquity owner in corporation
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- dividendCorporate profit share
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
partnership · incorporation · capital · investor · ownership · enterprise · liability · shares
British colonial trading corporation
- colonialOf occupied territories
- mercantileRelating to trade
- charteredHired for exclusive use
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
trading post · empire · spice trade · Hudson's Bay · expedition · privilege · crown · guild
Tradeable financial assets
- capitalizationUsing big letters properly
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- share priceCost per equity unit
- prospectusFormal investment disclosure document
underwriting · debenture · portfolio · liquidation · bond · assets · valuation · float
company
Commercial enterprise or guests
- shareholderEquity owner in corporation
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- dividendCorporate profit share
equity · partnership · incorporation · capital · investor · ownership · enterprise · liability · shares · stockholder
East India Company
British colonial trading corporation
- colonialOf occupied territories
- mercantileRelating to trade
- charteredHired for exclusive use
monopoly · trading post · empire · spice trade · Hudson's Bay · expedition · privilege · crown · guild · South Sea
securities
Tradeable financial assets
- capitalizationUsing big letters properly
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- share priceCost per equity unit
prospectus · underwriting · debenture · portfolio · liquidation · bond · assets · valuation · float · listing
- trade historycommerce, merchant, trade routes, traders, colonial economy
joint-stocksole proprietorship
Unincorporated individual-owned business
family-owned · partnership · cooperative · mutual · state-owned
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