From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstock companyˈstock ˌcompany noun [countable] American English 1 BFSa company whose money is divided into shares so that many people own a small part of it SYN joint-stock company2 APT (also stock) a group of actors who work together doing several different plays
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stock company• That year he and his partners created the Electrical Development Company as a publicly traded stock company.From Longman Business Dictionarystock companyˈstock ˌcompany American EnglishFINANCE a company that is owned by people who have shares in it → company 