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Public limited liability company

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limited liability companynoun(law) A type or form of for-profit incorporated company where ownership is divided into shares, and where the governing rules are set forth in a contract entered into by all of the initial shareholders. The name derives from the fact that regardless of potential losses or even bankruptcy of the corporation, individual shareholders will bear a maximum liability of the price they paid for their shares.
public limited companynounA publicly traded limited liability company in the United Kingdom and some other jurisdictions.
joint-stock companynoun(business, finance, law, UK) A company with transferable ownership interests and limited shareholder liability.
ltd.noun(British, Canada, Ireland) Abbreviation of limited liability company. [(law) A type or form of for-profit incorporated company where ownership is divided into shares, and where the governing rules are set forth in a contract entered into by all of the initial shareholders. The name derives from the fact that regardless of potential losses or even bankruptcy of the corporation, individual shareholders will bear a maximum liability of the price they paid for their shares.]
private limited liability companynounA limited liability company that is not a public corporation
sharenounA portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
limited companynounA company in which the liability of members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company.
incorporated companynoun(US) a company that has been granted a charter legally recognizing it as a separate entity having its own privileges, rights, and liabilities distinct from other businesses and persons.
shell companynoun(law, business) A company that engages in no substantive business activities, but instead exists as a vehicle for legal or financial transactions, typically to shield another party from liability or other issues.
limited liabilitynoun(finance) The liability of an owner or a partner of a company for no more capital than they have invested.
companynoun(law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
no liabilitynoun(Australia, business, law) A form of limited liability that may be used by mining companies, under which the shareholders may pay a company debt by surrendering shares in lieu of money.
shareholdershipnounThe state or business of a shareholder.
limited partnershipnoun(law) A form of partnership including limited partners whose potential liability is limited to their investment.
stock loannoun(finance, used in securities brokerages and investment banking) The loan of securities by one broker to another, such as to cover a customer short sale. More commonly known as securities lending.
shareholdingnounThe owning of shares.
stock certificatenounA paper certifying its bearer's ownership of shares (in a certain quantity) in a corporation.
tenancy in commonnoun(law) A form of ownership by two or more individuals in which each owner has a distinct, separately transferable interest which does not pass to the other owner or owners upon death.
corporationnounA body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.
corporation solenounA legal entity consisting of a single incorporated office.

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