stock certificates
Shareholder proof documents
Stock certificates are documents that prove ownership of shares in a corporation.
Before electronic record-keeping, shareholders received ornate paper certificates specifying the number of shares owned: She found her grandfather's old stock certificates in a safe deposit box.
Today most stock ownership exists only as digital entries, making physical certificates largely ceremonial or collectible.
Equity owner in corporation
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- stakeSharpened post or share
- holdingsProperty one owns
- titleFormal honorific or name
proprietorship · possession · beneficiary · vesting · registry · entitlement · allotment · allocation
Cut into surface
- serial numberUnique alphanumeric product identifier
- watermarkTranslucent authentication mark
- corporate sealOfficial organizational authentication device
- signatureHandwritten name for verification
denomination · specimen · cancelled · safekeeping · vault · authentication · vignette
One who distributes officially
- capitalizationUsing big letters properly
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- publicAvailable to all
- privateRestricted to certain parties
blue-chip · outstanding shares · reverse split · dilution · prospectus · IPO
Mutual giving and receiving
- buyObtain through payment
- sellTransfer for payment
- transactionExchange of goods/money
- brokerageTransaction-facilitating service
bid · ask · liquidity · clearing · settlement · market order · limit order · volume
Old valued collectible
- vintageQuality from past eras
- historicalOf documented times
- autographHandwritten personal signature
- railroadPermanent track for trains
mining · obsolete · framed · decorative · museum · numismatic · auction house · provenance
shareholder
Equity owner in corporation
title · proprietorship · possession · beneficiary · vesting · registry · entitlement · allotment · allocation · deed
engraved
Cut into surface
- serial numberUnique alphanumeric product identifier
- watermarkTranslucent authentication mark
- corporate sealOfficial organizational authentication device
signature · denomination · specimen · cancelled · safekeeping · vault · authentication · vignette
issuer
One who distributes officially
- capitalizationUsing big letters properly
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- publicAvailable to all
private · blue-chip · outstanding shares · reverse split · dilution · prospectus · IPO
exchange
Mutual giving and receiving
- buyObtain through payment
- sellTransfer for payment
- transactionExchange of goods/money
brokerage · bid · ask · liquidity · clearing · settlement · market order · limit order · volume · trading floor
antique
Old valued collectible
- vintageQuality from past eras
- historicalOf documented times
- autographHandwritten personal signature
railroad · mining · obsolete · framed · decorative · museum · numismatic · auction house · provenance · rarity
- safe deposit boxlockbox, vault, strongbox, safe, deeds
- securitiessecurities, shares, equities, bonds, securities trading
- stocksshares, equity, share, shareholder, ownership
- business documentsarticles of incorporation, invoice, charter, bylaws, contract
- corporate recordsannual reports, meeting minutes, contracts, financial records, board minutes
- secure documentsbanknotes, passports, checks, certificates, ID cards
stock certificatesbonds
Ties that unite
debentures · promissory notes · loan agreements · corporate bonds · IOUs
stock certificatesphysical gold
Tangible precious metal holdings
bullion · commodities · tangible assets · property deeds · property titles
stock certificatescash
Ready spending funds
currency · cash on hand · banknotes · specie · hard currency
stock, stocks, stockpile, certificate, restock, stockroom, stockbroker, overstock, stockholder