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share capital

 
 
noun [U] FINANCE

Definition

money invested in a business in the form of shares rather than bonds or other forms of lending: The family holds 90% of the firm's share capital.
(Definition of share capital noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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